Quantitative Analysis of Road Transport Agreements (QuARTA)
Road freight transport is indispensable to international economic cooperation and foreign trade. Across all continents, it is commonly used for short and medium distances and in long distance haulage when minimizing time is important. In all instan...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2013
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/17612472/quantitative-analysis-road-transport-agreements-quarta http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13822 |
| Summary: | Road freight transport is indispensable
to international economic cooperation and foreign trade.
Across all continents, it is commonly used for short and
medium distances and in long distance haulage when
minimizing time is important. In all instances governments
play a critical role in ensuring the competitive advantage
of private sector operators. Countries often have many
opportunities to minimize the physical or administrative
barriers that increase costs, take measures to enhance the
attractiveness and competitiveness of road transport, or
generally nurture the integral role of international road
freight transport in the global trade logistics industry.
Road freight transport is critical to domestic and
international trade. It is the dominant mode of transport
for overland movement of trade traffic, carrying more than
80 percent of traffic in most regions. Generally, nearly all
trade traffic is carried by road at some point. Therefore,
the cost and quality of road transport services is of
critical importance to trade competitiveness of countries
and regions within countries. In fact, road transport is
fundamental to modern international division of labor and
supply-chain management. |
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