Why Does cargo spend weeks in African ports? (Record no. 24064)
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| control field | 5565 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | The World Bank |
| 006 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--ADDITIONAL MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
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| 007 - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION FIXED FIELD--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
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| fixed length control field | 020129s2011 dcu i001 0 eng |
| 024 8# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER | |
| Standard number or code | 10.1596/1813-9450-5565 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
| System control number | (The World Bank)5565 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Refas, Salim |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Why Does cargo spend weeks in African ports? |
| Medium | [electronic resource] : |
| Remainder of title | The case of Douala, Cameroon / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Salim Refas |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Washington, D.C., |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | The World Bank, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2011 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (36 p.) |
| 520 3# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | This paper investigates the main factors explaining long container dwell times in African Ports. Using original and extensive data on container imports in the Port of Douala, it seeks to provide a basic understanding of why containers stay on average more than two weeks in gateway ports in Africa while long dwell times are widely recognized as a critical hindrance to economic development. It also demonstrates the interrelationships that exist between logistics performance of consignees, operational performance of port operators and efficiency of customs clearance operations. Shipment level analysis is used to identify the main determinants of long cargo dwell times and the impact of shipment characteristics such as fiscal regime, density of value, bulking and packaging type, last port of call, and region of origin or commodity group on cargo dwell time in ports is tested. External factors, such as performance of clearing and forwarding agents, shippers and shipping line strategies, also play an important role in the determination of long dwell times. Cargo dwell time distribution has many specificities, including broad-tail, high variance or right-censoring, which requires in-depth statistical analysis prior to any design of policy recommendations. |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Common Carriers Industry |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Customs and Trade |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Dwell Time |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | E-Business |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Logistics |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Macroeconomics and Economic Growth |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Ports |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Transport and Trade Logistics |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Transport Economics Policy & Planning |
| 651 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Cantens, Thomas |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Refas, Salim |
| 776 18 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Main entry heading | Print version: |
| Display text | Refas, Salim. |
| Title | Why Does cargo spend weeks in African ports? |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2011 |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Policy research working papers. |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | World Bank e-Library. |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/1813-9450-5565">http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/1813-9450-5565</a> |
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