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Transport constraints on global competitiveness of developing countries: special problems of landlocked developing countries and the United Nations measures.
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Keynote presentation by Anwarul K. Chowdhury United Nations Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States at the WORLD BANK TRANSPORT FORUM 2003 "Emerging Priorities for Transport" on 21 January 2003 Preston Auditorium World Bank Headquarters Washington, D.C. TRANSPORT CONSTRAINTS ON GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: SPECIAL PROBLEMS OF LANDLOCKED DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND THE UNITED NATIONS MEASURES International trade is generally viewed as the engine of economic growth and a major catalyst for social development. Trade benefits both trading countries as it leads to international division of labour, which utilizes the comparative advantage of each country on producing certain goods and services. This is well supported by empirical evidence. A large number of international cross-sectional analyses have shown strong correlation between trade and economic growth. Some developing countries, notably the Newly Industrialized Countries (NICs) in East Asia, have grown at a miraculous pace in the past few decades, due to...
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