Transport as an Openness to Economic Growth in Cameroon
- 주제(키워드) Transport
- 발행기관 아주대학교
- 지도교수 Sung-Hwan Kim
- 발행년도 2018
- 학위수여년월 2018. 2
- 학위명 석사
- 학과 국제대학원 국제통상학과
- 실제URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/ajou/000000026698
- 본문언어 영어
- 저작권 아주대학교 논문은 저작권에 의해 보호받습니다.
초록/요약
Understanding how transport infrastructure actually stimulates trade in Cameroon and consequently economic growth, may offer a valuable insight for policies that boost trade. Bilateral trade relations among the union of Central African Monetary and Economic countries is relatively low compared to trade in other economic blocks in Africa. With the use of an empirical analysis, this study investigate the association between trade, transport infrastructure and economic growth in Cameroon within a timeline, allowing to control for unobservable individual specific characteristics that affect trade. This study has as results that show that belonging to CEMAC has increased transport infrastructure and trade between member countries. The results also point out the importance of geographical distance as well as being landlocked as barriers to trade within the Central African region.
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Chapter 1: BACKGROUND……………………..……………………………1
1.1 Introduction………….…………………………..…………………1
1.2 Geographical location of Cameroon……….………..………....2
1.3 Objectives of the study ……………….…………………………..2
1.4 Significance of the study…………….…………….……………….3
CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW…………………….………………..4
2.1 Transport infrastructure role in the economy……...………..5
2.1.1 Short run benefits of transport infrastructure investment……………………………………….………….….7
2.1.2 Long run and sustainability effects of transport infrastructure investment……………………………….….8
2.2 The Central African Economic and Monetary Unions…….13
CHAPTER 3: ORGANISATION AND STRUCTURE OF THE TRANSPORT SECTOR IN CAMEROON…………………………..……..17
3.1 Definition….………………………………………………..…...…17
3.2 Road Network in Cameroon……………….…..…………..……18
3.3 The legal and regulatory framework of the sector…..……..20
3.4 Evaluation of the Government's efforts to address the shortcomings of the sector………………………..…………….20
3.5 Road transport………………………………………..……….…..22
3.6 General description and consistency of the road network..23
3.7 The problem of overloading…………………………….……….24
3.8 Road maintenance ………………………………………………..25
3.9 The vehicle fleet………………………………………..……….…26
3.10 Road transport services in Cameroon………………..……….27
3.11 Road safety……………………………………..………………..…29
CHAPTER 4: METHODOLOGY AND DATA ANALYSIS. …………….33
4.1 Cote d`Ivoire and UEMOA…………………………..……………33
4.2 Comparative Analysis……….………….….………………..……33
4.2.1 Road Infrastructure……………………..……………34
4.2.2 Quality of Roads…………………..……….………….36
4.2.3 Roads with hinterland/Border countries….…….37
4.2.4 Trade Freedom………..…..………………….……….41
4.2.5 Economic Growth.……………………………..……..42
4.2.6 Employment-to-Population Ratio ( modelled: ILO estimatate)............................................................….43
CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSIONAND RECOMMENDATIONS……………44
5.1 Conclusion ………………….……………….……..………….44
5.2 Recommendations…………………….…….……………..….45
5.2.1 Land Transport Guidance……………...……….…45
5.2.2 The Road Fund…………………….…………………45
5.3 Limitation of our study…………….………….….………..…..46
REFERENCES ………………………………………………………………...47
