Urban transport in the largest Latin American and Caribbean cities consumes about 3.5% of regional GDP — a percentage that is inflated by the effects of traffic congestion. In addition to the costs of congestion in terms of lost economic efficiency, there are also negative consequences in terms o...
Although public transport has undergone a series of changes over the last few decades, fares are still strongly affecting the budget of low-income families. This is despite the fact that, with very few exceptions, public transport fares are one of the few prices still fixed by the government aut...
The outlook for inter-modal transport in Latin America at the end of 1999 was a complex one, fraught with uncertainties and unresolved issues. On the other hand, things came into sharper focus in the year 2000 and several major projects were launched. This annual summary focuses on three of these...
Over the past three years, talks conducted at the subregional level have led to the signing of multimodal transport agreements, and these have been implemented by Mercosur and reviewed by the Andean Community; multimodal transport is only now starting to come into its own in South America but is ...
The FAL Bulletin is reverting to its original concept, that is, facilitation of trade in the broad sense. In the context of ECLAC, this is a topic covered by the International Trade Unit in the International Trade and Development Finance Division, to which the Transport Unit also belonged until i...
This edition of the Bulletin deals with road maintenance, funds and fund management. Among other things, it emphasizes, the need to manage road funds in accordance with clear performance rules which seek to minimize maintenance costs and ensure that the road network is maintained in an appropriat...
The present and subsequent editions of the Bulletin will deal with the issue of road maintenance, its close connection with transport costs and its impact upon the international competitiveness of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. When roads are in poor condition, vehicle operatin...
En esta edición del Boletín FAL se aborda el tema de la capacitación en el sector de transporte terrestre de carga y operación
logística en América Latina y su papel en la productividad y competitividad de dicho sector.
Esta edición del Boletín entrega un recuento de la Conferencia sobre el Efecto Año 2000 en los Sistemas de Transporte del Hemisferio Occidental, que se celebró en Cancún, México, en mayo de 1999. Asimismo, proporciona un nuevo análisis sobre el transporte marítimo en Sudámerica, elaborado y pre...
La presente edición del Boletín entrega un recuento de los recientes acontecimientos y tendencias en el sector transporte de América Latina y el Caribe, abarcando aspectos relacionados con el transporte urbano, el transporte ferroviario y la conservación vial.
