initial drawback, low administrative costs, and leakages in the tariff collection system. In China duty drawback removal after … meeting WTO commitments will deepen domestic supply chains and improve welfare, but will hurt China's economic efficiency …

addressed through donor funded operations. This ESW focuses on roads, air, and port transport. Transport infrastructure and …

In a hub and spoke system of containerized seaborne trade, cargo to a region is delivered first to a primary hub port … hinterland - that is, it attracts a considerable amount of cargo that would in any case flow through that port); and (b) can … the few regions of the world without a dominant hub distribution port. Since the evolution of the hub and spoke concept …

related issues. The port of Djibouti's competitiveness can be measured by its capacity to counter competition from other ports … through the quality of its infrastructures and services, performance and port costs. Real or potential competition facing the … competition on transit traffic will have a more considerable impact on all Djibouti port operators in terms of tonnage handled and …

and much of the port's services are run by public monopoly, thus limiting competition and reducing efficiency. …Traffic at Chittagong Port, which handles 90 percent of Bangladesh's foreign trade, has been growing rapidly. The … is projected for the foreseeable future. Chittagong Port has not responded to this demand growth effectively, resulting …

costly. To reduce trade costs, the priority should be to transform the Port of Dar es Salaam. An efficient port is critical … local and regional consumers and firms that heavily depend on the performance of the port in their daily endeavors. …

, there is also a good case for more cooperation between West African countries on port reform, competition and regulation … regulatory efforts at the country level and provide a forum to analyze regional issues related to inter-port competition and … additional port movements generated by transshipment in regional hub(s). Given the regional dynamics of ports in West Africa …