| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-16页 |
| Introduction | 第16-19页 |
| 1 Research background and significance | 第19-44页 |
| 1.1 Focus on landlocked African countries | 第19-22页 |
| 1.1.1 West and Central Africa | 第20-21页 |
| 1.1.2 Eastern Africa | 第21页 |
| 1.1.3 Southern Africa | 第21-22页 |
| 1.2 Status of transit transport infrastructure in Africa | 第22-41页 |
| 1.2.1 Legal framework on transit issues | 第23-31页 |
| 1.2.2 Transit transport infrastructure | 第31-36页 |
| 1.2.3 Main transit corridors in Africa | 第36-41页 |
| 1.3 Rationale of the study | 第41-44页 |
| 1.3.1 Summary of current studies | 第41-43页 |
| 1.3.2 Key research questions to be answered | 第43-44页 |
| 2 Major content and methodology of the dissertation | 第44-53页 |
| 2.1 Study objectives and technical route | 第44-45页 |
| 2.2 Materials and methods | 第45-50页 |
| 2.2.1 Research methodology | 第45-47页 |
| 2.2.2 Doing business and trade databases | 第47-49页 |
| 2.2.3 Transport and social-economic data | 第49-50页 |
| 2.3 Data computation and model specifications | 第50-53页 |
| 2.3.1 DEA CRS,VRS and Super-efficiency | 第50-51页 |
| 2.3.2 Efficiency measurement system (EMS) | 第51-53页 |
| 3 The cost of being landlocked: Qualitative analysis from empirical data | 第53-67页 |
| 3.1 The challenges of being landlocked | 第53-57页 |
| 3.1.1 Landlockedness and development: conceptual framework | 第54-56页 |
| 3.1.2 Landlockedness and international trade | 第56-57页 |
| 3.2 Lack of land transport infrastructure | 第57-59页 |
| 3.2.1 Hard physical infrastructure | 第57-58页 |
| 3.2.2 Soft infrastructure or trade facilitation | 第58-59页 |
| 3.3 Assessment of cost of being landlocked | 第59-62页 |
| 3.3.1 High transport and trade transaction costs | 第60-61页 |
| 3.3.2 Overall macroeconomic performance | 第61-62页 |
| 3.4 Regional integration and trade performance indicators | 第62-65页 |
| 3.4.1 Regional integration | 第62-64页 |
| 3.4.2 Logistics performance indicators (LPI) | 第64-65页 |
| 3.5 Brief summary of the chapter | 第65-67页 |
| 4 Assessment of transit transport corridor efficiency of landlocked African countries using dataenvelopment analysis | 第67-86页 |
| 4.1 Problem statement | 第67-70页 |
| 4.2 Materials and methods | 第70-75页 |
| 4.2.1 CRS and VRS DEA techniques | 第70-71页 |
| 4.2.2 Benefits and limitations of DEA method | 第71-74页 |
| 4.2.3 Description of the data | 第74-75页 |
| 4.3 Results and discussions | 第75-84页 |
| 4.4 Brief summary of the chapter | 第84-86页 |
| 5 Improving transit transport system and trade for landlocked African countries | 第86-94页 |
| 5.1 Legal aspect: international, regional and bilateral agreements | 第86-88页 |
| 5.1.1 International conventions and multilateral agreements | 第86-87页 |
| 5.1.2 Institutional cooperation | 第87-88页 |
| 5.2 Transit infrastructure development | 第88-90页 |
| 5.2.1 Addressing the challenge of infrastructure maintenance | 第88-89页 |
| 5.2.2 Regional transit systems | 第89-90页 |
| 5.2.3 Information and communications technology (ICT) as trade enabler | 第90页 |
| 5.3 International trade,customs and border crossing procedures,trade facilitation | 第90-93页 |
| 5.3.1 International trade | 第91页 |
| 5.3.2 Customs and border crossing procedures | 第91-92页 |
| 5.3.3 Trade facilitation measures | 第92-93页 |
| 5.4 Brief summary of the chapter | 第93-94页 |
| 6 Conclusions,recommendations and future research | 第94-100页 |
| 6.1 Conclusions | 第94-96页 |
| 6.2 Contributions of the study findings | 第96-97页 |
| 6.2.1 Contributions to knowledge | 第96-97页 |
| 6.2.2 Contributions to policy and practice | 第97页 |
| 6.3 Innovation points | 第97-98页 |
| 6.4 Limitation of the study | 第98页 |
| 6.5 Policy suggestion and research prospects | 第98-100页 |
| References | 第100-112页 |
| Appendices | 第112-145页 |
| Appendix1.Data summary | 第112-125页 |
| Appendix2.Results additional information | 第125-145页 |
| Academic Publications during Ph.D Period | 第145-146页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第146-147页 |
| Curriculum Vitae | 第147-149页 |
