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South Africa's freight transport involvement options in Sub-Saharan Africa : declining infrastructure and regulatory constraints
Thesis (MComm (Logistics))--Stellenbosch University, 2008.
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/2300 South Africa's freight transport involvement options in Sub-Saharan Africa : declining infrastructure and regulatory constraints De Bod, Anneke Havenga, J. H. Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. Dept. of Logistics. Transport infrastructure Freight transport Regulation Economic growth Sub-Saharan Africa Theses -- Logistics Dissertations -- Logistics Infrastructure (Economics) -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Transportation Transportation -- Africa, Sub-Saharan Freight and freightage -- Africa, Sub-Saharan Logistics Thesis (MComm (Logistics))--Stellenbosch University, 2008. Although global changes like political security, depletion of natural resources, energy supply and global warming are affecting all continents; Africa struggle the most to cope with these changes. This is due to the many historical impediments that Africa still has to overcome. Examples of these impediments are the negative effects caused by civil wars, poverty, poor infrastructure and a lack of skills. Providing reliable, effective and efficient infrastructure underpins all attempts to facilitate trade, grow the economy and reduce poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). SSA transportation related infrastructure is limited and generally in a poor condition. This poor state of transport infrastructure impedes SSA's development. However, it is not only the state of the infrastructure that challenges Africa - complicated customs and administrative procedures and inefficiencies when goods are handled at terminals and transferred from one transport mode to another also impede its potential for economic growth. In spite of these limitations, the SSA economy has been growing. As many as 28 countries (out of 48) in SSA recorded improvements in growth in 2006 and 2007. This growth was underpinned by improvement in macro-economic management in many countries, and a strong global demand for key African export commodities (sustaining high export prices, especially for crude oil, metals and minerals). Greater flows of capital to Africa, debt relief and increasing trade with the developing Asia have also helped increase resources and lift growth across SSA. The strong economic growth in the region also reflects the institutional improvements, structural reforms, and more rigorous economic policies that have started to bear fruit in many countries. Masters 2008-11-02T14:24:29Z 2010-06-01T08:45:29Z 2008-11-02T14:24:29Z 2010-06-01T08:45:29Z 2008-12 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2300 en Stellenbosch University application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Transport infrastructure Freight transport Regulation Economic growth Sub-Saharan Africa Theses -- Logistics Dissertations -- Logistics Infrastructure (Economics) -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Transportation Transportation -- Africa, Sub-Saharan Freight and freightage -- Africa, Sub-Saharan Logistics De Bod, Anneke South Africa's freight transport involvement options in Sub-Saharan Africa : declining infrastructure and regulatory constraints |
| title | South Africa's freight transport involvement options in Sub-Saharan Africa : declining infrastructure and regulatory constraints |
| title_full | South Africa's freight transport involvement options in Sub-Saharan Africa : declining infrastructure and regulatory constraints |
| title_fullStr | South Africa's freight transport involvement options in Sub-Saharan Africa : declining infrastructure and regulatory constraints |
| title_full_unstemmed | South Africa's freight transport involvement options in Sub-Saharan Africa : declining infrastructure and regulatory constraints |
| title_short | South Africa's freight transport involvement options in Sub-Saharan Africa : declining infrastructure and regulatory constraints |
| title_sort | south africa s freight transport involvement options in sub saharan africa declining infrastructure and regulatory constraints |
| topic | Transport infrastructure Freight transport Regulation Economic growth Sub-Saharan Africa Theses -- Logistics Dissertations -- Logistics Infrastructure (Economics) -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Transportation Transportation -- Africa, Sub-Saharan Freight and freightage -- Africa, Sub-Saharan Logistics |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2300 |
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