Connectivity for Caribbean Countries : An Initial Assessment
Every discussion of the Caribbean states considers their characteristics as sea-locked countries, small economies, highly vulnerable to natural disasters, and a geographic platform that calls for regional cooperation and integration. The Caribbean...
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ACCESSIBILITY AIM AIR AIR CARGO AIR FREIGHT AIR MARKET AIR PASSENGER AIR SERVICES AIR TRAFFIC AIR TRANSPORT AIR TRANSPORT SECTOR AIRCRAFT AIRLINE OPERATORS AIRLINES AIRPORT AIRPORTS AIRWAYS BAGGAGE BASIC BEST PRACTICE BEST PRACTICES BOTTLENECKS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CAPABILITIES CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CARGO CAPACITY CARRIERS CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN CITIES CLIMATE CHANGE COMPETITIVENESS CONNECTIVITY CONTAINER TRAFFIC CRUISE SHIP CRUISE SHIPS CULTURES CUSTOM CUSTOMS CUSTOMS BROKERS CUSTOMS CLEARANCE CUSTOMS DECLARATION CUSTOMS DECLARATIONS CUSTOMS PROCEDURES DIRECT CONNECTIONS DOMESTIC AIR TRAVEL DOMESTIC AIRPORTS DOMESTIC FLIGHTS DOMESTIC TRAFFIC DOMESTIC TRAVEL DRIVING ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELECTRONIC PAYMENT ENABLING ENVIRONMENT EXCISE TAXES FARES FERRIES FINANCIAL INCENTIVE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS FLASH FLIGHT FOREIGN EXCHANGE FREIGHT FREIGHT TARIFFS FUEL FUEL PRICES FUNCTIONALITY GEOGRAPHY GLOBAL ECONOMY HANDLING HARMONIZATION HIGH VULNERABILITY HURRICANE ICT INFORMATION SYSTEM INFORMATION SYSTEMS INLAND TRANSPORT INPUT FACTORS INSPECTION INSPECTIONS INTERNATIONAL STANDARD INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT ISLAND TRAVEL LANDSCAPES LANGUAGES LOAD FACTORS LOGISTICS CHAIN LOGISTICS COSTS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MARITIME TRAFFIC MARITIME TRANSPORT MARKET SHARE MARKETING MEDIUM ENTERPRISES NETWORKS OPEN ACCESS PASSENGERS PERCEPTION PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE POPULATION DENSITY PORT FACILITIES PORT INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTORS PRODUCTIVITY REGIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE REGIONAL TRAVEL RELIABILITY RELIABILITY OF SERVICE RESULT ROAD ROAD CONNECTIONS ROAD NETWORK ROAD TRANSPORT ROUTE ROUTES RUNWAYS SEAT CAPACITY SHIPPING SOCIAL COHESION TARGETS TAX TAX REVENUE TOURISM TOURISM INDUSTRY TOURISTS TRADE FACILITATION TRAFFIC CAPACITY TRAFFIC DATA TRANSACTION TRANSACTION VOLUMES TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TRANSPORT CAPACITY TRANSPORT CHARGES TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT MODES TRANSPORT NETWORK TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORTATION TRANSSHIPMENT TRAVELERS TRIP TRIPS VEHICLE VESSELS VOLUME OF TRAFFIC WEB WORKING HOURS WORLD TRADE Briceno-Garmendia, Cecilia Bofinger, Heinrich C. Cubas, Diana Millan-Placci, Maria Florencia Connectivity for Caribbean Countries : An Initial Assessment |
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Latin America & Caribbean Caribbean |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7169 |
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Every discussion of the Caribbean states
considers their characteristics as sea-locked countries,
small economies, highly vulnerable to natural disasters, and
a geographic platform that calls for regional cooperation
and integration. The Caribbean Sea is the most important
vehicle and the most challenging obstacle Caribbean
countries have to connect with the world. This report
measures and analyzes the Caribbean region's air and
maritime connectivity, by taking a sample of 15 countries
that represent 64 percent of the Caribbean population and 59
percent of the region's gross domestic product. The
report finds that the most salient issue of Caribbean
logistics is the huge costs associated with trade, driven by
embedded inefficiencies in customs systems and document
preparation processes. The report also documents how the
Caribbean air transport network is characterized by fierce
competition between the islands for tourists from abroad,
rather than coordinated efforts to promote Caribbean
tourism. This has led to suboptimal routing based on
distorting subsidy schemes with often unstainable volumes
and load factors, raising questions about the sustainability
of many of the extra-Caribbean routes, and indicating a need
for route consolidation. Air connectivity within and among
Caribbean states is poor and represents an opportunity to
develop alternative and more competitive private sector-led
services such as inter-island ferries and low-cost air
shuttle services. Maritime connectivity for freight is well
structured around two coexisting and functional
hub-and-spoke systems (intra-regional with a hub in Trinidad
and extra-regional with a hub in the Miami area) that
effectively serve all the Caribbean countries. Yet, tariffs
are high by worldwide standards and are likely driven by
high market concentration in a handful of shipping liners. |
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Briceno-Garmendia, Cecilia Bofinger, Heinrich C. Cubas, Diana Millan-Placci, Maria Florencia |
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Briceno-Garmendia, Cecilia Bofinger, Heinrich C. Cubas, Diana Millan-Placci, Maria Florencia |
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Briceno-Garmendia, Cecilia |
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Connectivity for Caribbean Countries : An Initial Assessment |
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Connectivity for Caribbean Countries : An Initial Assessment |
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Connectivity for Caribbean Countries : An Initial Assessment |
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Connectivity for Caribbean Countries : An Initial Assessment |
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Connectivity for Caribbean Countries : An Initial Assessment |
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connectivity for caribbean countries : an initial assessment |
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World Bank Group, Washington, DC |
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2015 |
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okr-10986-213972021-04-23T14:04:02Z Connectivity for Caribbean Countries : An Initial Assessment Briceno-Garmendia, Cecilia Bofinger, Heinrich C. Cubas, Diana Millan-Placci, Maria Florencia ACCESSIBILITY AIM AIR AIR CARGO AIR FREIGHT AIR MARKET AIR PASSENGER AIR SERVICES AIR TRAFFIC AIR TRANSPORT AIR TRANSPORT SECTOR AIRCRAFT AIRLINE OPERATORS AIRLINES AIRPORT AIRPORTS AIRWAYS BAGGAGE BASIC BEST PRACTICE BEST PRACTICES BOTTLENECKS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CAPABILITIES CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CARGO CAPACITY CARRIERS CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN CITIES CLIMATE CHANGE COMPETITIVENESS CONNECTIVITY CONTAINER TRAFFIC CRUISE SHIP CRUISE SHIPS CULTURES CUSTOM CUSTOMS CUSTOMS BROKERS CUSTOMS CLEARANCE CUSTOMS DECLARATION CUSTOMS DECLARATIONS CUSTOMS PROCEDURES DIRECT CONNECTIONS DOMESTIC AIR TRAVEL DOMESTIC AIRPORTS DOMESTIC FLIGHTS DOMESTIC TRAFFIC DOMESTIC TRAVEL DRIVING E-MAIL ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELECTRONIC PAYMENT ENABLING ENVIRONMENT EXCISE TAXES FARES FERRIES FINANCIAL INCENTIVE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS FLASH FLIGHT FOREIGN EXCHANGE FREIGHT FREIGHT TARIFFS FUEL FUEL PRICES FUNCTIONALITY GEOGRAPHY GLOBAL ECONOMY HANDLING HARMONIZATION HIGH VULNERABILITY HURRICANE ICT INFORMATION SYSTEM INFORMATION SYSTEMS INLAND TRANSPORT INPUT FACTORS INSPECTION INSPECTIONS INTERNATIONAL STANDARD INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT ISLAND TRAVEL LANDSCAPES LANGUAGES LOAD FACTORS LOGISTICS CHAIN LOGISTICS COSTS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MARITIME TRAFFIC MARITIME TRANSPORT MARKET SHARE MARKETING MEDIUM ENTERPRISES NETWORKS OPEN ACCESS PASSENGERS PERCEPTION PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE POPULATION DENSITY PORT FACILITIES PORT INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTORS PRODUCTIVITY REGIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE REGIONAL TRAVEL RELIABILITY RELIABILITY OF SERVICE RESULT ROAD ROAD CONNECTIONS ROAD NETWORK ROAD TRANSPORT ROUTE ROUTES RUNWAYS SEAT CAPACITY SHIPPING SOCIAL COHESION TARGETS TAX TAX REVENUE TOURISM TOURISM INDUSTRY TOURISTS TRADE FACILITATION TRAFFIC CAPACITY TRAFFIC DATA TRANSACTION TRANSACTION VOLUMES TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TRANSPORT CAPACITY TRANSPORT CHARGES TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT MODES TRANSPORT NETWORK TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORTATION TRANSSHIPMENT TRAVELERS TRIP TRIPS VEHICLE VESSELS VOLUME OF TRAFFIC WEB WORKING HOURS WORLD TRADE Every discussion of the Caribbean states considers their characteristics as sea-locked countries, small economies, highly vulnerable to natural disasters, and a geographic platform that calls for regional cooperation and integration. The Caribbean Sea is the most important vehicle and the most challenging obstacle Caribbean countries have to connect with the world. This report measures and analyzes the Caribbean region's air and maritime connectivity, by taking a sample of 15 countries that represent 64 percent of the Caribbean population and 59 percent of the region's gross domestic product. The report finds that the most salient issue of Caribbean logistics is the huge costs associated with trade, driven by embedded inefficiencies in customs systems and document preparation processes. The report also documents how the Caribbean air transport network is characterized by fierce competition between the islands for tourists from abroad, rather than coordinated efforts to promote Caribbean tourism. This has led to suboptimal routing based on distorting subsidy schemes with often unstainable volumes and load factors, raising questions about the sustainability of many of the extra-Caribbean routes, and indicating a need for route consolidation. Air connectivity within and among Caribbean states is poor and represents an opportunity to develop alternative and more competitive private sector-led services such as inter-island ferries and low-cost air shuttle services. Maritime connectivity for freight is well structured around two coexisting and functional hub-and-spoke systems (intra-regional with a hub in Trinidad and extra-regional with a hub in the Miami area) that effectively serve all the Caribbean countries. Yet, tariffs are high by worldwide standards and are likely driven by high market concentration in a handful of shipping liners. 2015-02-03T17:30:36Z 2015-02-03T17:30:36Z 2015-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/01/23840414/connectivity-caribbean-countries-initial-assessment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21397 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7169 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Group, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Latin America & Caribbean Caribbean |