Integration of Transport and Trade Facilitation

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Sustainable transportation institutions and regional evolution: Global and local perspectives

“…Three factors identified by Lakshmanan et al (2001) in changing international transportation institutions or transport governance has been the advances in information technology, open trading regimes (e.g., General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), The World Trade Organization (WTO) and regional trading blocks such as NAFTA, the EU, and Mercosur. These institutional changes relate to changes in cross-border transaction costs.…”

“…The concession dealt with the problems that motivated privatization without limiting governmentÕs future options or flexibility. These efforts in rail, road, and ports and waterways have been described in detail by Lakshmanan et al (2001).…”

Interregional trade network analysis for road freight transport in Greece

“…Previous studies have stressed the significant role of road transport infrastructure on interregional trade integration and the concentration of industrial activity in several regional trade blocs worldwide (Lakshmanan, 2001) as well as in specific countries, including China (World Bank, 2007;Faber, 2014), India (Ghani et al, in press), the U.S. (Duranton et al, 2014) and Spain (Zofío et al, 2014). The present analysis contributes to the empirical understanding and interpretation of the structural changes and causality pertaining to the interregional trade hubness and centrality for road freight transport in Greece.…”

Sub-regional Co-operation in Eastern India and Bangladesh

“…Border crossings are subject to long delays due to the fact that they are crossed by relatively small number of roads and rail links leading to bottlenecks. Furthermore, inspection and documentation activities that take place at borders are time-consuming and often lead to substantial transaction costs (Lakshmanan et al 2001). The borders between India and Bangladesh that dissect the EIB region are one of the worst managed and subject to severe transaction costs (Lakshmanan et al 2001).…”