TY - BOOK ID - 11949407 TI - Why does cargo spend weeks in Sub-Saharan African ports? : lessons from six case countries AU - Raballand, Gaël. AU - World Bank. PY - 2012 SN - 0821394991 9786613581921 0821395009 1280486694 PB - Washington, DC : World Bank, DB - UniCat KW - Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Commerce. KW - Business logistics -- Africa, Sub-Saharan. KW - Freight and freightage -- Africa, Sub-Saharan. KW - Shipping -- Africa, Sub-Saharan. KW - Freight and freightage KW - Shipping KW - Business logistics KW - Business & Economics KW - Transportation Economics KW - Africa, Sub-Saharan KW - Commerce. KW - Supply chain management KW - Marine shipping KW - Marine transportation KW - Maritime shipping KW - Ocean KW - Ocean traffic KW - Ocean transportation KW - Sea transportation KW - Shipping industry KW - Water transportation KW - Affreightment KW - Cargo KW - Freight handling KW - Transportation KW - Economic aspects KW - Freight KW - Africa, Black KW - Africa, Subsaharan KW - Africa, Tropical KW - Africa South of the Sahara KW - Black Africa KW - Sub-Sahara Africa KW - Sub-Saharan Africa KW - Subsahara Africa KW - Subsaharan Africa KW - Tropical Africa KW - Industrial management KW - Logistics KW - Communication and traffic KW - Marine service KW - Merchant marine KW - Freight transportation KW - Freightage KW - Materials handling UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:11949407 AB - Sub-Saharan Africa has a serious infrastructure deficit-estimated at about 48 billion a year-which is impeding the continent's competitiveness and hence its economic growth. How to solve this problem? Some advocate building more infrastructure while others suggest privatizing, or contracting out to the private sector, the management of infrastructure so that the discipline of the market will lead to more and better quality services.This book graphically illustrates the problem in the case of Africa's ports. With the exception of Durban, cargo dwell times-the amount of time cargo spends in the ER -