Logistics in Argentina : Analysis, Options and Strategies to Overcome Emerging Restrictions

Logistics in Argentina : Analysis, Options and Strategies to Overcome Emerging Restrictions

In 2006 the World Bank wrote a report analyzing the situation of logistics in Argentina and identifying the main restrictions on trade flows. That report, entitled 'Argentina: the challenge of lowering logistics costs in the face of growth in...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Infrastructure Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE VALUE ACCUMULATION OF CAPITAL ADVERSE SHOCKS AGENCY PROBLEM AGENCY PROBLEMS AGGREGATE CAPITAL STOCK ALLOCATION OF CAPITAL AMOUNT OF CAPITAL BENCHMARK BUDGET CONSTRAINT CAPITAL ACCOUNT CAPITAL ACCOUNT OPENNESS CAPITAL ACCOUNT RESTRICTIONS CAPITAL ACCOUNTS CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL ALLOCATION CAPITAL FLIGHT CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL FORMATION CAPITAL INCOME CAPITAL INFLOW CAPITAL INFLOWS CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL MARKET CAPITAL MARKETS CAPITAL OUTFLOW CAPITAL OWNERS CAPITAL SHARE CAPITAL SHARES CAPITAL STOCK CLOSED CAPITAL ACCOUNTS CLOSED ECONOMY COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION GROWTH COST OF INVESTMENT CRRA CURRENCY CURRENT ACCOUNT CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICITS CURRENT ACCOUNT SURPLUS DEPRECIATION DEPRECIATION RATE DEVALUATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DIFFERENTIAL TAXATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/10/16321760/logistics-argentina-analysis-options-strategies-overcome-emerging-restrictions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12553

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Summary:	In 2006 the World Bank wrote a report analyzing the situation of logistics in Argentina and identifying the main restrictions on trade flows. That report, entitled 'Argentina: the challenge of lowering logistics costs in the face of growth in foreign trade' was the first World Bank study designed to analyze the country's logistics performance. Based on the government's specific objective to achieve exports of US$60 billion by 2010, the report highlighted the need for significant improvement in the efficiency of transport networks and logistics services. In addition, the report underlined the risk of congestion at critical nodes that could develop if exports were to grow at the rate forecasted at that time (a rate that was in fact exceeded between 2006 and 2008, but which suffered a significant decline as from the crisis that began at the end of 2008). The high logistics costs faced by companies in the Argentine northwest (NOA) were also identified as a significant restriction in the 2006 report. This report makes a detailed analysis of the challenges and problems associated with the four topics identified in the preceding point, and presents recommendations of a general nature for their solution.