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Dr Stefan Kurinia
ORCID: 0000-0001-5888-5495

Dr Stefan Kurinia

Ph.D. Researcher at the War Studies University, Faculty of Management and Command, Institute of Logistics, Department of Defense Economics and Economic Security. He specializes in issues in the area of: defense economics, quantitative methods in logistics and enterprise management, econometrics and forecasting of economic phenomena.

 
DOI: 10.33226/1231-2037.2021.3.3
JEL: L90, O18, R40

Transport and warehouse management contribute to the creation of GDP. This branch of the economy is very sensitive to the current economic situation. Its high turnover results in an increase in socio-economic development with a certain delay. But if it doesn't have enough work, we can expect an economic recession. In our country, transport and storage account for approx. 6% of GDP. From year to year, this indicator increases slightly (5.3% in 2010). The department of these specific services employed approx. 709 thousand people in 2018, when 10 years ago it was by 106 thousand people less. The transport fleet is improving, both in terms of numbers and quality. In the years 2007–2018, the transport performance in cargo transport increased significantly with a decrease in the transport of passengers in mass transport. There are more and more specialized warehouse spaces (warehouses, silos, cold stores). All in all, this industry is slowly becoming a Polish specialty. Our economy and society benefit from it, because GDP grows all the time along with its development.

Keywords: transport; warehouse management; socio-economic development; prosperity