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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Prohibitive cost of transportation

Prohibitive cost of transportation

  • Excessive freight costs
  • Prohibitive cost of produce shipment

Broader

Prohibitive cost of basic services
Presentable
Excessive costs
Unpresentable

Aggravates

Technological underdevelopment
Presentable
Prohibitive cost of goods and services
Presentable
Lack of rural industrialization
Presentable
Ineffective means for goods supply and distribution
Presentable
Overloaded vehicles
Unpresentable
Fare evasion
Unpresentable
Prohibitive costs for businesses
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Inadequate transport infrastructure
Excellent
Instability of ocean freight rates
Presentable
Inadequate transportation facilities for rural communities
Presentable
Excessive costs of transport insurance
Presentable
Unfair surcharges in ocean freight
Yet to rate

Related

Tax impediments to international motor traffic
Presentable

Strategy

Developing transport infrastructures
Presentable
Creating appropriate transport systems
Presentable

Value

Prohibition
Yet to rate
Excess
Yet to rate
Costliness
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #9: Industry, Innovation and InfrastructureSustainable Development Goal #12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Commerce » Purchasing, supplying
  • Industry » Products
  • Transportation, telecommunications » Handling
  • Transportation, telecommunications » Transportation
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    E8063
    DOCID
    11580630
    D7NID
    141837
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020