In retrospect the 1960s may be identified as a period of major innovation in maritime transport. The ever-increasing size of bulk carriers and the unitisation of general cargo are trends which are clearly gaining in momentum and which will leave few ports unaffected. The time is therefore...

A key policy problem in most developing countries is the size of the informal sector and its persistence over time. In need to increase their tax revenues, policy makers face a trade-off between decreasing tax rates (making formalizing potentially more attractive) and alternatively raising tax...

Given that challenges facing sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries on the issue of socioeconomic development have been identified as critical to strengthening the inherent link between governance and socioeconomic conditions, this study examines the interconnections between governance and SSA...