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57. Key to progress: Why landlocked countries need extra help with trade and development challenges
57. Key to progress: Why landlocked countries need extra help with trade and development challenges
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10 minutes
Released:
Aug 3, 2023
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Podcast episode
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This episode of the Weekly Tradecast looks at the unique challenges for landlocked countries that impede their trade and development with UNCTAD senior economist Mussie Delelegn.
There are 32 developing countries without access to the sea, leaving them with far higher bills to import and export goods by road and rail. In many places, poor infrastructure and border bureaucracy add time, cost and complication.
These extra demands put even more pressure on vulnerable economies being hit by higher costs of food, energy and debt.
Tune in to UNCTAD’s Mussie Delelegn to find the key to unlocking better prospects for trade and development in landlocked countries.
There are 32 developing countries without access to the sea, leaving them with far higher bills to import and export goods by road and rail. In many places, poor infrastructure and border bureaucracy add time, cost and complication.
These extra demands put even more pressure on vulnerable economies being hit by higher costs of food, energy and debt.
Tune in to UNCTAD’s Mussie Delelegn to find the key to unlocking better prospects for trade and development in landlocked countries.
Released:
Aug 3, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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