Abstract

The landlocked countries are the one without access to the sea and can be assimilate as countries around the world with a disadvantage of geography situation location. Chad and the Central African Republic are two of the 40 landlocked countries around the world that transport 80% of their goods by road and rail, and as much as almost more than 50% of their passengers through a transit country with a transit transport system which is crucial for their trade and exchanges. The study aims to introduce the importance to have a good and efficiency transport network infrastructure in Central Africa to facilitate the trade for the landlocked countries of Central Africa (Chad and the Central African Republic), member of CEMAC trade area and proposes some measures that can be adopted to improve their conditions and ameliorate the trade for those countries.

Highlights

  • Chad and the Central African Republic are two of the 40 landlocked countries around the world that transport 80% of their goods by road and rail, and as much as almost more than 50% of their passengers through a transit country with a transit transport system which is crucial for their trade and exchanges

  • The study aims to introduce the importance to have a good and efficiency transport network infrastructure in Central Africa to facilitate the trade for the landlocked countries of Central Africa (Chad and the Central African Republic), member of CEMAC trade area and proposes some measures that can be adopted to improve their conditions and ameliorate the trade for those countries

  • Central Africa, composed to the countries member of CEMAC trade area, refers to the vast, deep area enclosed by the Sahara Desert and the western part of the continent’s protrusion, excluding the western part of the Great Rift Valley in East Africa

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Summary

Introduction

Central Africa, composed to the countries member of CEMAC trade area, refers to the vast, deep area enclosed by the Sahara Desert and the western part of the continent’s protrusion, excluding the western part of the Great Rift Valley in East Africa. The transport networks infrastructures of Chad and the Central African Republic has been neglected for many years and this situation has seriously negatively impacted the transport corridors continuously and impact their trading revenue and status with the rest of the world, which makes both countries significantly less competitive and attractive for foreigner investment even the countries have many opportunities of business such as natural resources. That situation has even made the two countries through their Ministries of Trade to implement some programs and various reform measures to improve their economic and increase the level of trade exchanges between them first and the rest of the world Why it was signed for example in 1999 a bilateral Cameroon Chad agreement signed that improved the communication with international markets should be considered and that poverty reduction would require the construction of new transport infrastructure and the development of complementary means of transport

Methodology
Port Congestion
Inland Transport Cargo Allocation
Trade Facilitation
Possible Measures to Improve Transport Access
Improving the Efficiency of Customs Clearance and Transit Procedures
Improving the Efficiency of the Transport Process
Improving the Structure of the Freight Market
Strengthening Administrative Enforcement of Transport Corridors
Increase Financing for Road Network Construction
Accession to and Implementation of the TIR Convention
4.10. Strengthening Mutual Trust and Cooperation between Countries
Conclusions
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