声明
Abstract
摘要
CONTENT
List of Figures and Tables
Introduction
1 Research background and significance
1.1 Focus on landlocked African countries
1.1.1 West and Central Africa
1.1.2 Eastern Africa
1.1.3 Southern Africa
1.2 Status of transit transport infrastructure in Africa
1.2.1 Legal framework on transit issues
1.2.2 Transit transport infrastructure
1.2.3 Main transit corridors in Africa
1.3 Rationale of the study
1.3.1 Summary of current studies
1.3.2 Key research questions to be answered
2.Major content and methodology of the dissertation
2.1 Study objectives and technical route
2.2 Materials and methods
2.2.1 Research methodology
2.2.2 Doing business and trade databases
2.2.3 Transport and social-economic data
2.3 Data computation and model specifications
2.3.2 Efficiency measurement system(EMS)
3.The cost of being landlocked:Qualitative analysis from empirical data
3.1 The challenges of being landlocked
3.1.1 Landlockedness and development:conceptual framework
3.1.2 Landlockedness and international trade
3.2 Lack of land transport infrastructure
3.2.1 Hard physical infrastructure
3.2.2 Soft infrastructure or trade facilitation
3.3 Assessment of cost of being landlocked
3.3.1 High transport and trade transaction costs
3.3.2 Overall macroeconomic performance
3.4 Regional integration and trade performance indicators
3.4.1 Regional integration
3.4.2 Logistics performance indicators(LPI)
3.5 Brief summarv of the chapter
4 Assessment of transit transport corridor efficiency of landlocked African countries using data envelopment analysis
4.1 Problem statement
4.2 Materials and methods
4.2.1 CRS and VRS DEA techniques
4.2.2 Benefits and limitations of DEA method
4.2.3 Description of the data
4.3 Results and discussions
4.4 Brief summary of the chapter
5.Improving transit transport system and trade for landlocked African countries
5.1.1 International conventions and multilateral agreements
5.1.2 Institutional cooperation
5.2 Transit infrastructure development
5.2.1 Addressing the challenge of infrastructure maintenance
5.2.2 Regional transit systems
5.2.3 Information and communications technology(ICT)as trade enabler
5.3 International trade,customs and border crossing procedures,trade facilitation
5.3.1 International trade
5.3.2 Customs and border crossing procedures
5.3.3 Trade facilitation measures
5.4 Brief summary of the chapter
6 Conclusions,recommendations and future research
6.1 Conclusions
6.2 Contributions of the study findings
6.2.1 Contributions to knowledge
6.2.2 Contributions to policy and practice
6.3 Innovation points
6.4 Limitation of the study
6.5 Policy suggestion and research prospects
References
Appendices
Academic publications during Ph.D period
Acknowledgement
Curriculum Vitae