Facilitating Trade Through Competitive, Low-Carbon Transport : The Case for Vietnam's Inland and Coastal Waterways

Like many of its Southeast Asian neighbors, Vietnam faces the twin challenges of sustaining economic growth and protecting the environment. On the one hand, the impressive poverty reduction and growth performance attained over the past 25 years is now challenged by slower global and domestic growth, more intense international competition for foreign direct investment, and the need to drive domestic productivity improvements. On the other, Vietnam's vast natural resources-as represented by two major river deltas, a long coast line, and a multitude of rivers and canals-and the large portion of i

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Blancas, Luis C.
Other Persons:	El-Hifnawi, M. Baher (contributor)
Publisher:	Washington : World Bank Publications
Subject:	Vietnam \| Viet Nam \| Umweltschutz \| Environmental protection \| Frachtschifffahrt \| Cargo shipping \| Binnenschifffahrt \| Inland waterway transport
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Extent:	Online-Ressource (219 p)
Series:	Directions in Development Directions in Development--Countries and Regions
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Overview; Table O.1 Proposed Interventions to Enhance IWT and Coastal Shipping Performance; Tables; Table O.2 Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) Results for the Proposed Interventions; Table O.3 Sources of Economic Benefits by Intervention; Note; Chapter 1 Introduction; Context; Objectives of the Report; Scope and Methodology; Figures; Figure 1.1 Analytical Approach; Maps; Map 1.1 Main Areas of Study in Vietnam; Key Data Sources; Structure of the Report; Note; Figure 1.2 Structure of the Report by Chapter Chapter 2 Demand for Waterborne and Multimodal TransportSize and Historical Growth Patterns of IWT and Coastal Shipping; Table 2.1 Vietnam: Interprovincial Freight Volumes by Mode, 2008 and Forecast to 2030; Growth Projections for IWT and Coastal Shipping; Table 2.2 Modal Share of Surface Freight Volumes in the Netherlands, 2011; Commodity Tonnage and Tonnage Distribution by Mode; Inland and Coastal Shipping Lengths of Haul; Table 2.3 Freight Transport Volumes (Tons per Day) and Modal Shares by Commodity, 2008 Table 2.4 Freight Transport Volumes (Tons per Day) and Modal Shares by Length of Haul, 2008Main Freight Flows; Table 2.5 Red River Delta: Current/Projected Road and Waterway Interprovincial Flows; Map 2.1 Main Corridors in the Northern Delta; Table 2.6 Current and Projected Main Interprovincial Cargo Flows in the Mekong Delta; Map 2.2 Main Corridors in the Mekong Delta; Table 2.7 Road and Coastal Containerized Cargo Flows for the North-South Axis; Table 2.8 Origin-Destination Cargo Flows for Corridor 1 in the Red River Delta, 2008 Table 2.9 Origin-Destination Cargo Flows for Corridor 2 in the Red River Delta, 2008Table 2.10 Origin-Destination Cargo Flows for Corridor 3 in the Red River Delta, 2008; Table 2.11 Origin-Destination Cargo Flows for Corridor 1 in the Mekong River Delta, 2008; Table 2.12 Origin-Destination Cargo Flows for Corridor 2 in the Mekong River Delta, 2008; Boxes; Box 2.1 A New Container Route in the Mekong Delta; Coastal Shipping; Figure 2.1 Tonnage Throughput at Vietnam's Seaports by Flow Type, 1995-2008; Table 2.13 Cargo Volume Handled at Vietnam's Seaports, 1995-2008 Table 2.14 Container Volume Handled by Vietnam's Seaports, 1995-2008Figure 2.2 Container Throughput at Vietnam's Seaports by Flow Type, 1995-2008; Figure 2.3 Largest Container Ports in Vietnam by Throughput, 2007; Map 2.3 Cross-Border River Transport between Vietnam and Cambodia; Table 2.15 NRCTSS 2005 Base Case IWT Volumes and Transport Costs in the North Region; Box 2.2 Container Transferium near the Port of Rotterdam; Supply Chains and Logistics Costs in Vietnam; Box 2.3 Speed and Reliability as Barriers for IWT in Europe Box 2.4 Cooperation in Logistics Networks and Infrastructure Incentives in Western Europe
ISBN:	978-1-4648-0105-1 ; 978-1-4648-0106-8
Other identifiers:	hdl:10986/16321 [Handle]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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