1 / 13

Panel 1 ENHANCING THE LOGISTICS AND CONNECTIVITY OF THE CARIBBEAN

Panel 1 ENHANCING THE LOGISTICS AND CONNECTIVITY OF THE CARIBBEAN. Ede Ijjasz -Vasquez Director Sustainable Development Department Latin America and the Caribbean The World Bank. Caribbean Growth Forum Regional Workshop June 24-25, 2013 Nassau, The Bahamas.

vicki
Download Presentation

Panel 1 ENHANCING THE LOGISTICS AND CONNECTIVITY OF THE CARIBBEAN

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Panel 1ENHANCING THE LOGISTICS AND CONNECTIVITY OF THE CARIBBEAN Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez Director Sustainable Development Department Latin America and the Caribbean The World Bank Caribbean Growth Forum Regional Workshop June 24-25, 2013 Nassau, The Bahamas

  2. Underdevelopment of Stay-Over Tourism Presents a Growth and Development Opportunity • An average cruise-ship passenger spends US$50/stay • An average stay-over tourist spends over US$1,000/stay • Stay-over tourism has direct impact on local economy: • higher demand of traditional crops, fresh produce, fish and seafood, and services Source: “Connectivity for the OECS Countries: The Initial Step for an Assessment of the Caribbean Connectivity”, World Bank (2013)

  3. Connectivity Limits Tourism and Regional Integration St. Kitts Antigua Flight Route: 824 km Nevis A North South Gap: Flying from Grenada to Antigua • No direct flights • The simplest option takes three separate flights • Physical direct distance 567 km • Flight distance 824 km (most direct connection) • The connections shown may include overnight layovers Montserrat Guadeloupe 355 km Dominica Martinique Physical Distance: 567 km St. Lucia GFL Charles St. Lucia Hewanorra 193 km St. Vincent Barbados Canouan 276 km Grenada Tobago Trinidad Based on sample taken on November 30, 2012, attempting to book travel on December 5, 2012. Source: “Connectivity for the OECS Countries: The Initial Step for an Assessment of the Caribbean Connectivity”, World Bank (2013)

  4. System coordination is a constraint, air transport infrastructure is not OECS Intercontinental Air Transport System • System Reflects a systems based predominantly on inefficient bilateral tourism agreements rather than OECS/ Caribbean regional agreements Source: “Connectivity for the OECS Countries: The Initial Step for an Assessment of the Caribbean Connectivity”, World Bank (2013)

  5. Import Costs are a Constraint, Maritime Infrastructure is not • Transaction time to import below peer averages while costs among the largest • Customs inefficiencies are driving imports costs Source: “Connectivity for the OECS Countries: The Initial Step for an Assessment of the Caribbean Connectivity”, World Bank (2013)

  6. Inland Transport Emerging Constraint to Exports • Improving connectivity passes through improving multi-modality within each island • Quality of roads might be an issue as within island distances are very short • Inland transport is driving export costs: Source: “Connectivity for the OECS Countries: The Initial Step for an Assessment of the Caribbean Connectivity”, World Bank (2013)

  7. Fixed Broadband Penetration Gap Upper Middle Income countries vs. Small Caribbean States (2001 – 2011) Key Connectivity Issues Upper Middle Income 9.87 The gap has increased during last five years 6.44 Small Caribbean States Source: data.worldbank.org

  8. Fixed Internet Broadband Subscribers (per 100 people) Broadband and Internet usage can be strengthened Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) Internet Users (per 100 people)

  9. Fixed-broadband sub-basket % of GNI per capita (2011) Mobile-cellular sub-basket % of GNI per capita (2011) Low use of ICT services due to high prices (competition is limited) Mobile telephony market share, 2011 Fixed broadband market share, 2011 Source: ITU Measuring the Information Society 2011, and Telegeography

  10. A Snapshot of ICT

  11. ICT Solutions for Caribbean Challenges National Initiatives • Ensure the right legal and regulatory environment (pro-competition and cost sharing/reducing) • Broadband absorption capacity: training, IT Skills, innovation activities • Universal access / Universal service • Promote opening government data sets to increase transparency and create new economic value • Relevant applications and innovation ecosystems to foster demand and jobs growth (youth and gender focus) Regional Initiatives • Regional harmonization and coordination of policy and regulatory initiatives • Continue with CARCIP in countries that are interested • Regional integrated approach towards broadband that includes supply and demand

  12. Let’s have a look at the Key Logistics and Connectivity Solutions identified by the CGF stakeholders

  13. INTRODUCING THE PANELISTS

More Related