Publication: Logistics in Argentina : Analysis, Options and Strategies to Overcome Emerging Restrictions
Date
2010-10
ISSN
Published
2010-10
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
In 2006 the World Bank wrote a report
analyzing the situation of logistics in Argentina and
identifying the main restrictions on trade flows. That
report, entitled 'Argentina: the challenge of lowering
logistics costs in the face of growth in foreign trade'
was the first World Bank study designed to analyze the
country's logistics performance. Based on the
government's specific objective to achieve exports of
US$60 billion by 2010, the report highlighted the need for
significant improvement in the efficiency of transport
networks and logistics services. In addition, the report
underlined the risk of congestion at critical nodes that
could develop if exports were to grow at the rate forecasted
at that time (a rate that was in fact exceeded between 2006
and 2008, but which suffered a significant decline as from
the crisis that began at the end of 2008). The high
logistics costs faced by companies in the Argentine
northwest (NOA) were also identified as a significant
restriction in the 2006 report. This report makes a
detailed analysis of the challenges and problems associated
with the four topics identified in the preceding point, and
presents recommendations of a general nature for their solution.
Citation
“World Bank. 2010. Logistics in Argentina : Analysis, Options and Strategies to Overcome Emerging Restrictions. © Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/0f0d449a-6df4-5946-a5d2-1d34efc9815d License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”