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Facilitating Trade through Competitive, Low-Carbon Transport : The Case for Vietnam’s Inland and Coastal Waterways

In Vietnam, sustained high rates of growth in gross domestic product (GDP) averaging 7.2 percent per year over the past 20 years have resulted in higher demand for freight transport. As Vietnam looks to continue on a path of sustained economic growth, it faces the challenge of better aligning demand...

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Main Authors: Blancas, Luis C., El-Hifnawi, M. Baher
Language:en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
Subjects:
barges
climate change
coastal shipping
cost-benefit analysis
dredging
environmental sustainability
fuel efficiency
GHG
GHG valuation
greenhouse gas emissions
infrastructure
inland waterway transport
inland waterways
logistics
logit model
low-carbon growth
Mekong Delta
modal shift
modal split model
ports
Red River Delta
road transport
trade competitiveness
trade costs
user charges
waterborne transport
waterway maintenance
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16321

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