Transportation and Economic Development in Sudan


Book Description

Transportation is considered as a major factor that affects all the national economic, social, and political parameters in most countries. However, since 1989 the Sudanese transportation means have seen complete and accelerated deterioration in their performance. One its most important components, the railways deteriorated to the point of complete stoppage. Others, e.g., river transportation, a national company was privatized, sold with its harbors and workshops. Land transportations saw continuous risings in commodities' transportation prices. That added to other factors that had negative impacts on cost of production in all the real production sectors. All these coincide with the general degeneration in its productive performance. The document analyzes the transportation sector with all its components in Sudan and gives some insights solutions for its predicament.
















Economic Development of Southern Sudan


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Economic Development of Southern Sudan provides an overview of the Southern Sudanese economy, and the main causes for the lack of development in the territory. The book suggests strategies and policies for greatly reducing poverty and initiating sustainable development in the territory. Yongo-Bure outlines the significance of the resource base of Southern Sudan, as well as the development programs of the first peace period (1972D1983). The prominent sectors analyzed include agriculture, industry, transport, education, health, energy, power, and trade. The exploration and exploitation of petroleum is highlighted.




Transforming Sudan


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This book traces the formation of the Sudanese state following the Second World War through a developmentalist ideology.










Transportation and Economic Development Challenges


Book Description

Recent years have seen considerable changes in the technology of transportation with the development of high-speed rail networks, more fuelefficient automobiles and aircraft, and the widespread adoption of informatics in disciplines such as traffic management and supply chain logistics. The contributions to this volume assess transportation interactions with employment and income, examine some of the policies that have been deployed to maximize the economic and social impacts of transportation provision at the local and regional levels and analyze how advances in transportation technologies have, and will, impact future development. Due in part to the general liberalization of markets, there have been major changes in the institutional environment in which transportation is supplied; these changes inevitably affect wider economic systems and development, although in turn these changes feed back upon transportation networks. The contributors to this work develop these and other themes, from a variety of perspectives, implementing a wide range of academic approaches into their analyses. Stemming from initiatives of the Network on European Communications and Transport Activities Research (NECTAR), Transportation and Economic Development Challenges presents a body of research that exemplifies the organization's objective of fostering research collaboration around the world.