Landlocked Countries: A Way to Integrate with Coastal Economies

Lahiri, Bidisha; Masjidi, Feroz K.

doi:10.11130/jei.2012.27.4.505

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“…Therefore, coastal countries tend to have lower GDP growth per capita. Growth theory emphasises that when a country is landlocked, it tends to have high levels of GDP growth compared with coastal countries (Esfahani & Ramıŕez, 2003;Faye et al, 2004;Masjidi & Lahiri, 2012).…”

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“…9; of incorporating the dummy variable in the model is that coastal countries benefit more from trade and lower transportation costs. Voluminous Empirical growth studies utilise this dummy variable and they find that a country being landlocked has a negative effect on growth (Sachs & Warner, 1997;Gallup et al, 1999;Dowrick & Golley, 2004;Bosker & Garretsen, 2009;Bidisha & Feroz, 2012).…”

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The Impact of Corruption on Economic Growth in OIC Countries

Ertimi¹,

Dowa²,

Albisht³

et al. 2016

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Economic growth in a country can be attributed to many variables, both positive and negative. Raising the level of human capital, openness and investment are examples of factors typically considered to have a positive impact on economic progress, while corruption is one of the factors that are often seen as detrimental to economic growth. The purpose of this study is to analyse whether the levels of perceived corruption in a cross-section of countries have affected their economic growth rates over the years [2003][2004][2005][2006][2007][2008][2009][2010]. The study is conducted with a regression on a sample of 14 countries and eight variables for the time period in question. The models are constructed on the basis of the endogenous growth theory. Results using economic freedom index (EFI) shows that corruption has a negative impact of economic growth in the countries in question.

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The Impact of Corruption on Economic Growth in OIC Countries

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Albisht³

et al. 2016

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“…According to Lahiri and Masjidi (2012) approximately 20% of the countries in the world are landlocked; they are distributed as approximately 40% of the world's low income economies and less than 10% in the world's high income countries. No country could survive without an outlet to the sea, thus, there are certain privileges being landlocked according to the UN charter (Sinjela 1982, UN 2009).…”

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“…About two and half centuries before it was depicted that landlocked country remains deprivation of wealth (Smith 1776, Faye et al 2004, Lahiri and Masjidi 2012. The facts still remains almost the same as human development report has shown the group of landlocked countries among the least developed ones (UNDP 2012, FAO 2014.…”

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Enabling Water-Energy–Food Nexus: A New Approach for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in Mountainous Landlocked Countries

Gurung

2016

J. Nep. Agric. Res. Counc.

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Majority of landlocked mountainous countries are poorly ranked in Human Development Index (HDI), mostly due to poor per capita agriculture production, increasing population, unemployment, expensive and delayed transportation including several other factors. Generally, economy of such countries substantially relies on subsistence agriculture, tourism, hydropower and largely on remittance etc. Recently, it has been argued that to utilize scarce suitable land efficiently for food production, poor inland transport, hydropower, irrigation, drinking water in integration with other developmental infrastructures, an overarching policy linking water -energy -food nexus within a country for combating water, energy and food security would be most relevant. Thus, in present paper it has been opined that promotion of such linkage via nexus approach is the key to sustainable development of landlocked mountainous countries. Major land mass in mountainous countries like Nepal remains unsuitable for agriculture, road and other infrastructure profoundly imposing food, nutrition and energy security. However, large pristine snowy mountains function as wildlife sanctuaries, pastures, watershed, recharge areas for regional and global water, food and energy security. In return, landlocked mountainous countries are offered certain international leverages. For more judicious trade off, it is recommended that specific countries aerial coverage of mountains would be more appropriate basis for such leverages. Moreover, for sustainability of mountainous countries an integrated approach enabling water -energy -food nexus via watershed-hydropower-irrigation-aquaculture-agriculture-integrated linking policy model is proposed. This model would enable protection of watershed for pico, micro, and mega hydro power plants and tail waters to be used for aquaculture or irrigation or drinking water purposes for food and nutrition security.

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“…Arvis et al (2010) estimate that landlocked countries in general face a cost penalty ranging widely from 8 to 250 per cent and a time penalty in the range of 9 to 130 per cent compared to their coastal neighbours. On the one hand, Lahiri and Masjidi (2012) argue that landlocked economies should put a high priority on developing their infrastructure and domestic industries to make themselves more attractive as a transit route and a trade partner for coastal economies. On the other hand, diversification of transit options to several neighbours could potentially reduce the monopoly power of any single coastal neighbour in the bargaining process.…”

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Air Cargo beyond Trade Barriers in Africa

Dettmer

Freytag

Draper

2014

JEI

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We develop a methodology based on two important criteria -sensitivity in delivery time and value-to-weight ratio -to classify air cargo products. The classification is applied to evaluate the trade integration in Southern Africa since air cargo is a valuable option to overcome trade barriers associated with poor land transport infrastructure and corruption. We find that South Africa's exports to industrialized countries consist of precious products such as diamonds and gold. These products tend to be transported in the hand baggage of a security personnel as they leave the loading weight of an average airplane almost unaffected. When correcting African trade for these 'invisible outliers' in the loading freight, we find that African trade integration including Southern Africa is based upon a comparatively higher share of air cargo relevant products than Southern Africa's trade with industrialized and emerging economies. A more liberal market for air cargo services can reduce transport costs and will allow the continent to integrate even further.JEL Classifications: F10, F14, F15, L93

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Landlocked Countries: A Way to Integrate with Coastal Economies

Cited by 17 publications

References 12 publications

The Impact of Corruption on Economic Growth in OIC Countries

The Impact of Corruption on Economic Growth in OIC Countries

Enabling Water-Energy–Food Nexus: A New Approach for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in Mountainous Landlocked Countries

Air Cargo beyond Trade Barriers in Africa

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