Stimulating Economic Growth in Africa:The Role of Ports
Bi-annual conference of Port Management Association of Eastern and Southern Africa
(PMAESA)
28 November 2011
Swakopmund, Namibia
Sakaria Nghikembua
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Globalisation has picked up pace since the 1980s…
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The composition of developing country exports has changed dramatically over the past decades…
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Landlocked Africa…
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Our major ports are primarily publicly owned…
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B: Increase in general cargo traffic, 1995–2005
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Ratio of current demand to reported capacity:
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Port reform score across countries:
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SACU has been opening up to the world…
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Namport has benefitted from this growth in trade…
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Namport leads the pack…
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The Walvis Bay Corridor Group is bearing fruit…
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