Logistics: The Software That Drives an Economy

John Price

Chapter Chapter 8 in Can Latin America Compete?, 2008, pp 163-174 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The 2005 World Bank study of Latin American infrastructure1 revealed some of the region’s shortcomings in road, rail, and port assets and the negative impact these have on trade and wealth generation. A common political rallying cry across the region during the election season of 2006 was a promise to increase infrastructure investment. But creating an efficient transportation system requires more than new roads and ports; it also calls for the active participation of modern logistics companies. If infrastructure is the hardware of a productive nation, then logistics services is the software that drives it.

Keywords: Supply Chain; Foreign Direct Investment; Logistics Service; North American Free Trade Agreement; Road Toll (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230610477_9

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