Past, present and future development of West African railways

Bouraima, Mouhamed Bayane; Qiu, Yanjun

doi:10.14254/jsdtl.2020.5-1.10

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“…This type of transportation is critical to west African economic growth. It is claimed by other research by Bouraima railway development in west Africa has been initiated in African Union (Bouraima & Yanjun, 2020).…”

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Indonesia's Trade Policy Strategy through the Rail Industry for the Train Market in Africa

Prinanda

Prasodjo

2023

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The Indonesian Railway Industry (INKA) has increased its export production, especially to other developing countries such as Bangladesh, the Philippines, and others. Since 2018, Indonesia has explored the railway industry market in Africa. However, several challenges such as market competition with China and Europe, the distance between Indonesia and Africa, as well as the purchasing power of the African region with the majority of developing and less developed countries are important notes for Indonesia's strategy. This research will discuss the opportunities, challenges, and strategies of INKA in exporting trains in the African region. The analysis of this research uses international trade politics through the Pure Exchange Model of Trade and Strategic Trade Policy. The Pure Exchange Model of Trade is used to explain INKA's position in international trade to understand INKA's opportunities and challenges in Africa. Meanwhile, Strategic Trade Policy is used to describe Indonesia's strategy in advancing the Indonesian Railway Industry in Africa. The results of the study show that Indonesia provides support through a series of policies such as subsidies and diplomacy to obtain projects in Africa. In the process, INKA experienced challenges such as intense competition. However, many opportunities are presented by INKA in terms of the quality factor and the government's persuasive ability.

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Indonesia's Trade Policy Strategy through the Rail Industry for the Train Market in Africa

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2023

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“…It shows high congestion levels as a significant challenge. Mostly, railways within ECOWAS are in deplorable conditions, utilizing outdated technologies and abandoned, low-quality operations [17]. is situation leaves road transport the predominant mode of transport within ECOWAS, making intermodal transportation within ECOWAS restricted with insufficient network flows, poor infrastructure, operating below capacity, resulting in considerable challenges in export and trade across Africa [17].…”

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“…Mostly, railways within ECOWAS are in deplorable conditions, utilizing outdated technologies and abandoned, low-quality operations [17]. is situation leaves road transport the predominant mode of transport within ECOWAS, making intermodal transportation within ECOWAS restricted with insufficient network flows, poor infrastructure, operating below capacity, resulting in considerable challenges in export and trade across Africa [17]. Fortunately, ECOWAS is still one of the potential areas to develop railway systems, which will afford higher efficiency and lower costs as compared to other modes of transportation [18].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, another research gap relates to the need for railways across Africa studied by many researchers, World Bank [28], OECD [29], Markets [5], Africana [30], and Bayane and Yanjun [17]. None of these researchers has looked at the positive or negative impact investment in an active railway network across Africa which will or have simulated results based on this proposed network.…”

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Optimizing Intermodal Transport and Hub Location Problem for ECOWAS in the Context of Improving Intra-African Trade

Jihui

Agyemang

Cheng

2022

Journal of Advanced Transportation

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Trade within Africa is at an all-time low, with a lack of an optimal intermodal transportation network and a high cost of business serving as a deterrent to trade. This research studies Intra-African Trade within ECOWAS using a hierarchical spatial aggregation process to identify 27 nodes. Distance-based weighted centrality measures employed TOPSIS to model a ranked node centrality of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) intermodal transport of railway, road, and waterway networks. The ten highest-ranking nodes identified from the mixed-integer linear program adopted as candidate hubs, thus selecting Ibeshe ferry terminal in Lagos and Tema Harbour in Accra for waterway; Thies, Ibadan, Conakry, Monrovia and Thies for railway; and Thies and Ibadan for road. We conclude with sensitivity analysis and a discussion of management implications for ECOWAS. This paper demonstrated that a limited number of transshipment hubs would encourage interregional trade and cut point-to-point transportation costs and lead to economic growth and development.

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“…Saaty [32] established the analytical hierarchy process (AHP), which is the most commonly utilized decision-making approach in the transportation sector [33]. In a paper by Razi et al [34], the AHP technique was used to conduct a practical study of risk is can be seen in various programmes started by political leaders, as noted by Boko-haya et al [54], as well as in the priority of additional money for the road sector over the railway sector [55][56][57][58]. Nonetheless, the quality of roads varies from province to province, which is insufficient to meet the 2025 Agenda targets for sustainable development.…”

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Assessment of Causes of Delays in the Road Construction Projects in the Benin Republic Using Fuzzy PIPRECIA Method

Stević

Bouraima

Subotić

et al. 2022

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

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Purpose. The purpose of this study is to examine the causes of delays in road construction projects in the Benin Republic from the consultant, client, and contractor perspectives. Design/Methodology/Approach. Through construction project reports, 20 factors that could cause delays in road construction projects were identified. The factors were arranged into a questionnaire, which was distributed to three separate experts. The fuzzy PIPRECIA (PIvot Pairwise RElative Criteria Relevance Assessment) method was used to calculate the independent importance of each delay factor. The Spearman and Pearson correlation coefficients were used to test the method’s consistency. Findings. The top five road construction project delays in the Benin Republic, according to the analysis of the 20 factors considered, are project funding, slowness during the client-endorsed payment process, scarcity of professional personnel, delay in indemnifying reimbursement (land-owners), and price escalation. This shows that of the various types of delays, the financial delay group is the most crucial. Originality/value. This study evaluates the causes of delays in road construction projects in the Benin Republic for the first time in literature. This study also examined the top 5 delay factors in road construction projects. This study is based on reports from road construction projects and a performed questionnaire survey. Based on the findings, measures have been formulated to aid project managers to alleviate the road construction delays in the Benin Republic. In addition, this study is practical for both scholars and road construction parties and provides a complete and verifiable analysis of the progress of a road construction project to make it easier and attain a competitive level of time, cost, and quality for successful road construction.

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Past, present and future development of West African railways

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Cited by 11 publications

References 12 publications

Indonesia's Trade Policy Strategy through the Rail Industry for the Train Market in Africa

Indonesia's Trade Policy Strategy through the Rail Industry for the Train Market in Africa

Optimizing Intermodal Transport and Hub Location Problem for ECOWAS in the Context of Improving Intra-African Trade

Assessment of Causes of Delays in the Road Construction Projects in the Benin Republic Using Fuzzy PIPRECIA Method

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