The international community has been
increasing investment in projects that promote trade
facilitation and improve logistics in the developing world,
including in ports. In Africa, a key motivation for such
projects has been a presumption that poor infrastructure and
inefficient border control agencies are the major causes of
extended delays in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) ports. Based on
new data and analysis, this note argues that collusion
between controlling agencies, port authorities, private
terminal operators, logistics operators, and large shippers
is an important part of the problem. Decreasing dwell times
in ports requires governments to combat collusive practices
between the private sector and public authorities and
recognize that large-scale investments in infrastructure are
not sufficient to reduce logistics delays.
Bibliographic Details
| Main Authors: |
Raballand, Gael,
Refas, Salim,
Beuran, Monica,
Isik, Gozde |
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| Format: | Brief
biblioteca
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| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
World Bank, Washington, DC
2012-05
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| Subjects: | AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY,
BARRIER TO ENTRY,
BOXES,
CARGO,
CARGO DWELL TIME,
COMPETITIVE PRIVATE SECTOR,
CONGESTION,
CONTAINER DEPOTS,
CONTAINER TERMINAL,
CONTAINER TERMINAL OPERATORS,
CONTAINER TERMINALS,
CONTAINER YARDS,
CONTAINERIZED CARGO,
CONTAINERS,
CUSTOMS,
CUSTOMS BROKERS,
DEMAND PATTERNS,
FREIGHT,
FREIGHT FORWARDERS,
GENERATION,
GLOBAL COMPETITION,
HANDLING,
HIGH TRANSPORT,
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT,
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS,
INVENTORY,
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT,
LAND TRANSPORT,
LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES,
LOADING,
LOGISTICS COSTS,
MARITIME TRANSPORT,
MONOPOLY POWER,
PORT AUTHORITIES,
PORT CAPACITY,
PORT EFFICIENCY,
PORT INFRASTRUCTURE,
PORT OPERATION,
PORT OPERATIONS,
PORT PERFORMANCE,
PORT PERFORMANCE INDICATORS,
PORT REFORM,
PORT TERMINALS,
PORTS,
PRICE INCENTIVES,
PRIVATE TERMINAL OPERATORS,
PUBLIC SECTOR,
ROUTE,
SHIPMENTS,
SHIPPERS,
STORAGE FACILITIES,
TERMINAL OPERATING COMPANIES,
TERMINAL OPERATOR,
TRADE FACILITATION,
TRADE LOGISTICS,
TRAFFIC,
TRAFFIC DATA,
TRANSPARENCY,
TRANSPORT COSTS,
TRANSPORT SYSTEMS,
TRANSPORTATION,
TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS,
TRUE,
WAREHOUSES, |
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/05/16262763/cargo-dwell-time-matters-trade
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10039
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