TY  - BOOK
AU  - Medda,Francesca Romana
AU  - Caravelli,Francesco
AU  - Caschili,Simone
AU  - Wilson,Alan
TI  - Collaborative Approach to Trade: Enhancing Connectivity in Sea- and Land-Locked Countries 
T2  - Advances in Spatial Science, The Regional Science Series,
SN  - 9783319470399
AV  - HD3575 .M488 2017 
U1  - 338.9 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Cham
PB  - Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Development economics
KW  - Economic geography
KW  - International economics
KW  - Regional economics
KW  - Spatial economics
KW  - Regional/Spatial Science
KW  - Development Economics
KW  - Economic Geography
KW  - International Economics
N1  - Preface -- Part I: The Challenge and the Science -- Part II: The South Pacific Island Countries (SPICs) -- Part III: Uganda -- Part IV: Conclusions
N2  - This book applies regional analysis to the challenges facing global investment agencies seeking to enhance trade in lagging regions. It shows how spatial interaction and agent-based modelling can be used as the basis for developing new plans and policies. An in-depth analysis of trade routes is presented, which can be used to develop policies for increasing efficiency and reducing costs. Landlocked Uganda and the sea-locked South Pacific Islands serve to illustrate the problems of covering sizable distances, accelerating export flows and improving supply chain efficiency. These examples also provide an excellent illustration of the power of regional science, from assembling data bases in difficult situations to developing and applying models of the trade system
ER  -