US President Joe Biden signed into law the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act,starting a new round of large-scale infrastructure construction in the United States.Biden’s team calls it a“once-in-a-generation inv...US President Joe Biden signed into law the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act,starting a new round of large-scale infrastructure construction in the United States.Biden’s team calls it a“once-in-a-generation investment”in American infrastructure and competitiveness,which will determine whether the US can win“the competition of the 21 st century.”Biden’s infrastructure plan is in two parts:Build Back Better domestically and Build Back Better World globally.It attempts to improve national competitiveness and restore the foundation of American hegemony by coordinating shortand long-term goals,soft and hard infrastructure,and the internal and external layout.Thus far,there is a big gap between Biden’s ambitious infrastructure plan and its implementation;political obstacles are the biggest problem with Biden’s infrastructure plan.展开更多
Ports play a fundamental role in a sustainable integration of Africa in International trade. Both importers and exporters, shipping companies and government, however face high cost for sea transport and substantial in...Ports play a fundamental role in a sustainable integration of Africa in International trade. Both importers and exporters, shipping companies and government, however face high cost for sea transport and substantial inefficiency in port operations. This has resulted in congestion, higher dwell time, higher costs which affect the competitive ability in sub regional and global economy. This study investigates the main factors explaining poor container handling operations and limited competitive ability in Cameroonian Ports and aggregating this to the competitive position of Cameroonian ports in the West and Central African sub-regions (WCA). Using Analytic Hierarchy Process (A.H.P), the paper seeks to provide a basic understanding of container transportation and port’s terminal operations problems (constraints & ineffectiveness) in Cameroon.展开更多
文摘US President Joe Biden signed into law the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act,starting a new round of large-scale infrastructure construction in the United States.Biden’s team calls it a“once-in-a-generation investment”in American infrastructure and competitiveness,which will determine whether the US can win“the competition of the 21 st century.”Biden’s infrastructure plan is in two parts:Build Back Better domestically and Build Back Better World globally.It attempts to improve national competitiveness and restore the foundation of American hegemony by coordinating shortand long-term goals,soft and hard infrastructure,and the internal and external layout.Thus far,there is a big gap between Biden’s ambitious infrastructure plan and its implementation;political obstacles are the biggest problem with Biden’s infrastructure plan.
文摘Ports play a fundamental role in a sustainable integration of Africa in International trade. Both importers and exporters, shipping companies and government, however face high cost for sea transport and substantial inefficiency in port operations. This has resulted in congestion, higher dwell time, higher costs which affect the competitive ability in sub regional and global economy. This study investigates the main factors explaining poor container handling operations and limited competitive ability in Cameroonian Ports and aggregating this to the competitive position of Cameroonian ports in the West and Central African sub-regions (WCA). Using Analytic Hierarchy Process (A.H.P), the paper seeks to provide a basic understanding of container transportation and port’s terminal operations problems (constraints & ineffectiveness) in Cameroon.
