The Export Development Act of 1994 provides that it is the “goal and objective” of the “National Government to provide a macroeconomic policy framework that will support export development” in area of, among others “…policies affecting infrastructure in order to ensure the adequate supply and quality of power, water (irrigation), transportation (e.g. shipping & cargo handling), and communication to support the flow of goods and services in the context of the national export drive1”. The EDC Networking Committee on Transport & Logistics shall function as mandated by the Export Development Act of 1994 and to make possible the actualization of this general principle.
GENERAL OBJECTIVES
The Networking Committee on Transport and Logistics aims to identify, discuss issues and monitor government policy implementation and reforms involving transportation and logistics as necessary elements of a successful concerted national exports development program and recommend courses of actions to the Export Development Council.