South Africa's freight transport involvement options in Sub-Saharan Africa : declining infrastructure and regulatory constraints

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dc.contributor.advisorHavenga, J. H.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorDe Bod, Annekeen_ZA
dc.contributor.otherStellenbosch University. Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. Dept. of Logistics.
dc.date.accessioned2008-11-02T14:24:29Zen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-01T08:45:29Z
dc.date.available2008-11-02T14:24:29Zen_ZA
dc.date.available2010-06-01T08:45:29Z
dc.date.issued2008-12
dc.descriptionThesis (MComm (Logistics))--Stellenbosch University, 2008.
dc.description.abstractAlthough 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.en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2300
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch : Stellenbosch University
dc.rights.holderStellenbosch University
dc.subjectTransport infrastructureen_ZA
dc.subjectFreight transporten_ZA
dc.subjectRegulationen_ZA
dc.subjectEconomic growthen_ZA
dc.subjectSub-Saharan Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectTheses -- Logisticsen_ZA
dc.subjectDissertations -- Logisticsen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshInfrastructure (Economics) -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Transportationen _ZA
dc.subject.lcshTransportation -- Africa, Sub-Saharanen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshFreight and freightage -- Africa, Sub-Saharanen_ZA
dc.subject.otherLogisticsen_ZA
dc.titleSouth Africa's freight transport involvement options in Sub-Saharan Africa : declining infrastructure and regulatory constraintsen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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