Just why it costs so much in West Africa to move goods and people remains something of a mystery. Trade Hub reports and other experts’ studies suggest that costs are high because there is not enough competition in the trucking sector. Road harassment – corruption and delays along important transport corridors – is also a factor.
Here's the executive summary of the 19th report of the USAID-UEMOA road governance initiative, which monitors checkpoints, bribes and delays on primary trade corridors in Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo.
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The Borderless Alliance Secretariat announces a call for proposals to host the 2013 annual Borderless Conference. Borderless Conference 2013 will be the second transport and trade annual conference in West Africa, and will bring together more than 300 stakeholders from around the world to...
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Road governance indicators showed modest improvements, according to the most recent data available. Trucks carrying goods on West Africa's trade corridors face delays and harassment at numerous checkpoints. But the...
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The USAID Trade Hub-UEMOA-USAID ATP project 15th report on road harassment along primary trade corridors presents results of surveys on the numbers of checkpoints and delays and bribes drivers experienced from January to March 2011. The initiative began in 2006 in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali...
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The 13th report of the improved road transport governance initiative, launched in 2006 by the USAID Trade Hub and UEMOA, shows improvement across the region as the Borderless campaign to remove trade barriers continues. Download a print-quality version of the map in pdf format...
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USAID's Trade Hub and Agribusiness & Trade Promotion projects and the World Bank-funded Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Organization have...
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Authorities in Senegal announced hotline numbers that drivers can call when they are being harassed at checkpoints operated by various services along roads and highways. For complaints about police, drivers should call 33 842 28 74 or 33 842 28 74 17. For complaints about customs, drivers should...
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USAID's West African Trade Hub and the West African Economic and Monetary Union have published...
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USAID's West Africa Trade Hub worked with Ghana's National Road Transport and Facilitation...
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The transport sector in West Africa plays an essential role in the economic development of the sub region and generates approximately six percent of its gross domestic product. Reducing transport costs, which are among the highest in the world, will make West African exporters more competitive in world markets. The Trade Hub’s initiatives seek to reduce corruption and delays along primary trade corridors and identify other cost drivers in order to eliminate inefficiency and increase infrastructure investment.
| Joint Regional Reports on Road Governance |
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| 2nd Trade Hub / ATP / ALCO Joint Regional Report on Road Governance (Sep. 2010) |
| 1st Trade Hub / ATP / ALCO Joint Regional Report on Road Governance (Mar. 2010) |
| Other Publications |
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| The Truck Driver’s Guide to Ghana (Aug. 2010) |
| Required Interstate Documents for Ghanaian Truck Drivers |
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