Poor road conditions are not the sole cause of high transport prices in Africa. Lack of competition, misdirected regulation, and border delays are at least as influential. Matters are worst in West and Central Africa, where trucking cartels are dominant.
Author/s: Ken Gwilliam, Vivien Foster, Rodrigo Archondo-Callao, Cecilia Briceño-Garmendia, Alberto Nogales, and Kavita Sethi
Sub-Saharan Africa’s road network is sparse, except when seen against the region’s ability to pay for maintenance. Underspending on maintenance is endemic, but road funds and agencies, fuel levies, and realistic engineering offer a way forward.
Africa’s urban commuters cope with unregulated and informal services that are unsafe, uncomfortable, and unreliable. Their cities must move quickly toward the model of the metropolitan transport authority used in successful cities around the globe.
Africa’s urban commuters cope with unregulated and informal services that are unsafe, uncomfortable, and unreliable. Their cities must move quickly toward the model of the metropolitan transport authority used in successful cities around the globe.
Africa’s urban commuters cope with unregulated and informal services that are unsafe, uncomfortable, and unreliable. Their cities must move quickly toward the model of the metropolitan transport authority used in successful cities around the globe.
Author/s: Paul Dorosh, Hyoung-Gun Wang, Liang You, and Emily Schmidt
Agricultural production and proximity to urban markets are highly correlated. Production could be greatly increased in remote areas of Sub-Saharan Africa if transport costs (travel time) could be reduced.
Author/s: Paul Dorosh, Hyoung-Gun Wang, Liang You, and Emily Schmidt
Agricultural production and proximity to urban markets are highly correlated. Production could be greatly increased in remote areas of Sub-Saharan Africa if transport costs (travel time) could be reduced.
Author/s: Robin Carruthers and Ranga Rajan Krishnamani with Siobhan Murray
Roads, rails, and airways connect firms to markets and individuals to schools, clinics, and jobs. The model used here allows national planners to compute the cost of developing a transport network to a desired level of social and economic connectivity.
Author/s: Robin Carruthers and Ranga Rajan Krishnamani with Siobhan Murray
Roads, rails, and airways connect firms to markets and individuals to schools, clinics, and jobs. The model used here allows national planners to compute the cost of developing a transport network to a desired level of social and economic connectivity.