Interventions to Reduce Logistic Costs for Trade Competitiveness and Poverty

Logistics are a critical element forcountry competitiveness and economic performance, including poverty reduction. Most emerging countries such as Asia, Africa, Latin America and theCaribbean are focusing onexport-led growth strategies and poverty reduction strategies, and their performance is adversely affected bytheir high logistic costs that range from10% to50% ofproduct value. This book illustrates therelevance and impact oflogistics onthese areas while also offering an effective logistics and infrastructure framework that addresses thefull spectrum oftheproductive chain (upstream, midstream and downstream). It provides a structured agenda fordesigning and implementing holistic policy interventions (soft and hard components) toreduce logistic costs. Featuring case studies and examples ofspecific interventions and their impact in many countries, a number ofthem in Latin America,this book is useful to scholars, academics, practitioners and policy makers interested in the reduction of logistics costs and poverty reduction in the global economy.