| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-10页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第10-13页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅰ COUNTRY BACKGROUND AND PERCEPTION OF INFRASTRUCTURE PERFORMANCE | 第13-20页 |
| ·Focus on West Africa | 第13-16页 |
| ·Background | 第13-14页 |
| ·Regional organization | 第14-15页 |
| ·Economic overview and country snapshots | 第15-16页 |
| ·Introducing to Benin | 第16-20页 |
| ·Country presentation | 第16页 |
| ·Economic overview | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Transport Sector in Benin | 第17-20页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅱ RESEARCH PROBLEM AND OBJECTIVES | 第20-29页 |
| ·Statement of the problem | 第20-25页 |
| ·Factors that hamper economic development of West African landlocked countries | 第20-21页 |
| ·Structure of transit cost in West African landlocked countries | 第21-24页 |
| ·Study objective and scope | 第24-25页 |
| ·Literature review | 第25-29页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅲ STATUS OF TRANSIT TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE IN WESTAFRICA | 第29-44页 |
| ·Conceptual and organizational framework | 第29-32页 |
| ·Legal aspects | 第29-30页 |
| ·Content of bilateral and multilateral protocols and agreements | 第30-32页 |
| ·Descriptive and analytical framework | 第32-44页 |
| ·Transport infrastructure in West Africa | 第32-40页 |
| ·Main transit corridor in West Africa | 第40-44页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅳ RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS | 第44-80页 |
| ·Study area:The Cotonou port case of study | 第44-52页 |
| ·Regional environment | 第44-46页 |
| ·Port Infrastructure and Operations | 第46-52页 |
| ·Research qualitative analysis | 第52-80页 |
| ·Research questions | 第52-54页 |
| ·Corridors evaluation | 第54-73页 |
| ·Action Plan for improving the port performance | 第73-80页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅴ PROPOSALS FOR IMPROVING TRANSIT TRANSPORT IN WESTAFRICA | 第80-92页 |
| ·Legal aspects | 第80-83页 |
| ·International conventions and multilateral agreements | 第80-81页 |
| ·The contract of carriage and transport insurance | 第81-82页 |
| ·Valid terms of trade | 第82页 |
| ·Regulation of competition in road transport | 第82-83页 |
| ·Institutional aspects | 第83-84页 |
| ·Institutional cooperation | 第83页 |
| ·Community actions | 第83-84页 |
| ·Technical aspects | 第84-86页 |
| ·Roads | 第84-85页 |
| ·The vehicle fleet | 第85-86页 |
| ·Operational aspects | 第86-92页 |
| ·Hauliers and transport companies | 第86-89页 |
| ·Drivers' and hauliers' unions | 第89-92页 |
| CHAPTERVI THE WAY FORWARD | 第92-99页 |
| ·Government policies and programmes designed to improve transit transport systems | 第92-95页 |
| ·Capacity-building | 第92页 |
| ·National and regional transport infrastructure strategies | 第92-93页 |
| ·Balanced and complementary development of transport subsectors | 第93页 |
| ·Modernization of transport equipment | 第93页 |
| ·Involvement of the private sector in the provision and maintenance of transport infrastructure | 第93-94页 |
| ·Trade facilitation measures | 第94-95页 |
| ·Measures and actions required to increase the efficient use of transit transport systems | 第95-99页 |
| ·Promoting peace and security | 第95页 |
| ·Increased investment to improve transport infrastructure and related facilities | 第95-96页 |
| ·Improved intermodal coordination | 第96页 |
| ·Establishment and improvement of information technologies | 第96页 |
| ·Effective implementation of regulatory frameworks | 第96-97页 |
| ·Strengthening institutional support systems | 第97页 |
| ·Manpower development | 第97页 |
| ·Cumulative impact of measures and actions designed to improve transit transport systems and their sustainability | 第97-99页 |
| CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS | 第99-103页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第103-107页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第107-108页 |
| 附录 | 第108-111页 |
