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For the countries of the Caribbean, the international trade and transport of goods are more important than for many others in the region (see FAL Bulletin No. 136 Maritime transport in the Caribbean), and the subregion is strongly affected by structural changes in maritime transport (see FAL Bull...

Since late 1999, ECLAC has maintained an international transport database (BTI) containing statistics on foreign trade and associated transport modes for 11 Latin American countries. Although BTI was originally designed for internal use at ECLAC, it is now in a position to respond to external que...

The year 1998 is shaping up to be a year of grand regional initiatives focusing on the setting up of regional integrated transport systems. The past six months have seen intense activity in Latin America and the Caribbean. It would seem that the public and private sectors have agreed to launch co...

Latin American railway privatization has achieved significant results, since the situation today is better than if the railways had remained under management and operation by the State. Traffic volumes have generally increased, although with wide variations between individual cases; government su...

This edition of the FAL Bulletin is about Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), as a new approach to business that offers competitive advantage for companies in the transport and logistics sector.

The development of the agricultural area in central and northern Argentina was analysed in a recent ECLAC study. More than 80% by volume of the country's agricultural exports pass through the ports in this area. Exports by the agroindustrial complex account for 58% of the total value of Argentine...

The growing use of e-commerce and the need to generate efficient solutions to problems such as traffic jams and the physical distribution of merchandise have created a new scenario for transport in general, particularly in urban areas. Because of this, the application of new information and telec...

El presente documento analiza las políticas de transporte y movilidad de América Latina, donde la falta de integralidad de las políticas públicas de movilidad urbana, la ausencia de una acción coordinada y coherente en el tiempo impiden la articulación de las distintas iniciativas existentes —ta...

Los procesos de urbanización a los que asistimos en América Latina presentan nuevos desafíos a los sistemas de transporte urbano, en la medida en que es prioritario proporcionar una adecuada movilidad para la creciente y compleja interacción de las comunidades. En esta edición del Boletín, prep...

El transporte urbano en las mayores urbes consume alrededor de un 3½% del PIB regional, una fracción inflada por la incidencia de la congestión de tránsito. Al costo de la congestión en términos de pérdida de eficiencia económica, hay que sumarle sus consecuencias negativas para la coherencia so...