Shrinking Economic Distance: Understanding How Markets and Places Can Lower Transport Costs in Developing Countries

Transport prices for international and domestic shipments are higher in low- and middle-income countries than in high-income countries, and shipping times are significantly longer and less reliable. This report identifies the frictions responsible for these outcomes and lays out the building blocks of a reform agenda for reducing them.

Author: The World Bank

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Publication Date: Jul 31, 2024

Number of Pages: 190 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 1464821240

ISBN-13: 9781464821240