Integration of Transport and Trade Facilitation Selected Regional Case Studies

by Subramanian, Uma; Lakshmanan, T. R.; Anderson, William P.; Leautier, Frannie A

• ISBN13: 9780821348840
• ISBN10: 0821348841
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: World Bank Publications

Summary

Due to declining transport costs and declining tariffs, trade has grown much faster than income since World War II. Furthermore, international trade flows are penetrating deeper into the workings of most economies, linking them to one another, and modifying their economic structure and productivity. It is in this context that there has been an increase in the formation of regional trade blocks.'Integration of Transport and Trade Facilitation' analyzes the scope and the status of the interrelated processes of trade and transport integration in a subset of these trading blocs. This book provides a detailed analysis of trade integration patterns in each trade bloc. The examination begins with a review of the context of the economic and institutional evolution in the region with an economic profile of the component members, and concludes with an assessment of the nature and extent of trade integration. The report also explores the scope of the parallel transport integration. A final chapter in the book provides a case study of Rotterdam, a successful major hub that has kept its position as the world's largest port for four decades.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
Transport and Trade Facilitation: An Overview	1	(12)
T. R. Lakshmanan
Regional Trading Blocs	2	(1)
Overview	2	(4)
Transport and Trade Facilitation	6	(2)
The Components of an Advanced TTF System	8	(2)
Lessons Learned	10	(3)
Transport and Trade in the North American Free Trade Agreement	13	(38)
T. R. Lakshmanan
William P. Anderson
NAFTA: The Scope and Evolution of Trade Integration	14	(6)
Overview of NAFTA	20	(1)
Transportation and Trade Facilitation under NAFTA	21	(1)
Economic Deregulation: Prerequisite for Seamless Cross-Border Transportation	22	(6)
Rules of the Road: The Complex Problem of Technical Regulation	28	(2)
Borders as Barriers	30	(2)
Conclusion and Lessons Learned	32	(4)
Transport Integration in the European Union	35
William P. Anderson
Historical Overview	36	(3)
Institutions of the European Union	39	(1)
Transportation in the European Union	40	(4)
Interoperability	44	(1)
Market Access	45	(2)
Developing Trans-European Networks	47	(1)
Conclusions	48	(3)
Transport and Trade in Mercosur	51	(20)
T. R. Lakshmanan
Treaty of Asuncion	53	(2)
Mercosur Partners and Their Evolving Integration	55	(8)
Transport Privatization and Deregulation	63	(1)
Transport Privatization in Argentina	63	(4)
Transport Infrastructure	67	(1)
Transport Integration and Activity Restructuring	68	(3)
Southern Affrican Development Community: The Maputo Corridor	71	(10)
William P. Anderson
The Maputo Development Corridor	73	(1)
The Development Corridor Concept	73	(1)
History and Context of MDC	74	(2)
Plan, Operation, and Potential Benefits	76	(3)
Institutional Problems	79	(2)
Transport, Logistics, and Trade Facilitation in the South Asia Subregion	81	(30)
Uma Subramanian
Profile of the Subregion	83	(8)
Transportation and Logistics Arrangements in the Subregion	91	(3)
Transport Infrastructure	94	(3)
Cross-Border Procedures	97	(1)
Ports	98	(5)
Conclusion	103	(8)
Urbanization and Regional Trade in South Asia: Issues and Options	111	(16)
Frannie A. Leautier
Globalization of Trade and the Economic Geography of City Location	112	(4)
Changes in Demographics and Income Disparities in Cities and Countries	116	(4)
Urbanization	120	(1)
Decentralization and Governance	121	(1)
Good Governance and Cities' Comparative Advantages	122	(1)
Measures of the Importance of Local Governments	123	(2)
Potential Challenges	125	(1)
Conclusions	126	(1)
Rotterdam: A Strategic Hub in the Global Trade-Transport Chain	127
T. R. Lakshmanan
From Fishing Port to European Mainport	128	(1)
Rotterdam: A Statistical and Economic Profile	129	(3)
Rotterdam: Strategic Positioning in the Global Transport Networks	132	(6)
Conclusions	138
References	139