Report on maritime transport and the environment for Latin America

Includes bibliography

Resolución 20: Transportes y comunicaciones = Resolution 20: Transport and communications = Résolution 20: Transports et communications

El símbolo E/840/Rev.1 corresponde a la edición bilingüe inglés/francés publicada en 1953

Some thoughts on the role of environmental impact assessment for developing countries and ECO's role in the Americas

Includes bibliography

Structural changes in ocean-liner transport and the challenges facing Latin America and the Caribbean

Revisa la estructura actual del transporte por barcos conferenciantes, analiza las fuerzas que lo estan reestructurando, los problemas que puedan resultar y sugiere posibles cursos de accion.

An analysis of maritime transport and its costs for the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

Review of activities in transport and communications (1975-1985)

Includes bibliography

Basic concepts of maritime transport and its present status in Latin America and the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

The manufacture of basic industrial equipment in Argentina: II: The production, transport and refining of petroleum and natural gas: the petrochemical industries = Estudio sobre la fabricación de equipos industriales de base en la Argentina: II: Producción, transporte y refinación de petróleo y gas natural: industrias petroquímicas

Includes bibliography

Computer applications in the Transport and Communications Division of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Presenta la experiencia de la Division de Transportes y Comunicaciones en el uso de computadores para aplicaciones substantivas. Examina los sistemas aplicados - codigo de puertos, ISIS, TRANDIS, COMPA -; el uso de procesamiento de textos en la preparacion de documentos de investigacion e informes y en la correspondencia, y entrega algunas consideraciones con respecto al uso de los microcomputadores.

Infrastructure, transport and integration: the link with productive development and regional competitiveness

A vision of the role played by infrastructure, transport and related services in the development of competitiveness and productivity is fundamental for proposing public policies linked to productive development. In particular, the supply costs and the quality of public utility and transport services are extremely relevant to countries’ productivity, GDP growth and competitiveness, and also for the development and economic integration of Latin America.

The cost of international transport, and integration and competitiveness in Latin America and the Caribbean

1) International Trade and Transport Profiles of Latin American Countries, by Jan Hoffmann, Gabriel Pérez, and Gordon Wilmsmeier, ECLAC, Serie 19 Manuales www.eclac.cl/transporte/perfil/bti.asp;2) Globalization - the Maritime Nexus, by Jan Hoffmann and Shashi Kumar, in Handbook of Maritime Economics, London, LLP, due to be published in October 2002; and3) Port Efficiency and International Trade, by Ricardo J. Sánchez, Jan Hoffmann, Alejandro Micco, Georgina Pizzolitto, Martín Sgut, and Gordon Wilmsmeier, to be submitted at the "IAME Panama 2002" Conference, November 2002.

Current issues and prospects in the transport sector: multimodal transport, maritime transport and ports

This and subsequent issues of the Bulletin provide an account of recent events and trends in the transport sector in Latin America and the Caribbean. This edition deals with aspects relating to multimodal transport, maritime transport and ports.

The Transport and Trade Infrastructure Growth Gap in Latin America

This edition of the FAL Bulletin addresses the topic of transport infrastructure growth and its relationship to trade in Latin America. This study, examining the cases of four Latin American countries.