Road Freight and Privitisation : The Case of Egypt,9780754611035

Road Freight and Privitisation : The Case of Egypt

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ISBN13: 9780754611035
ISBN10: 0754611035
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-06-01
Publisher(s): Ashgate Pub Co
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Table of Contents

Figures and tables
vii(2)
Acknowledgements ix
1 Introduction
1(8)
Background
1(2)
Structure of the book
3(5)
The Delphi study of Egyptian road freight privatisation
8(1)
2 The growth of the private economy
9(14)
Introduction
9(1)
Creation of the state sector
9(2)
The relationship between ownership and performance
11(1)
Competition and deregulation
12(2)
Privatisation
14(6)
Problems of privatisation
20(3)
3 Privatisation in Egypt
23(15)
Introduction
23(1)
Economic reform and privatisation
24(10)
Social implications of privatisation
34(4)
4 Privatisation and the Egyptian road freight industry
38(13)
Development of the Egyptian road freight sector
38(3)
The Egyptian road network
41(1)
Size of the Egyptian road haulage industry
41(2)
Road haulage operators
43(5)
Potential for privatisation
48(2)
The Delphi study results
50(1)
5 Road freight management under privatisation
51(17)
Introduction
51(1)
Efficiency in road freight operations
52(1)
Types of costs
53(1)
Road haulage costs
54(5)
Effectiveness of road haulage costing
59(1)
Age of vehicles
60(2)
Costing and competition
62(2)
Logistics and supply chain management
64(2)
The interface between land and sea transport
66(2)
6 Macroeconomic problems facing road freight privatisation
68(13)
Introduction
68(1)
Privatisation and road haulage in Britain
68(5)
Privatisation and road haulage in Hungary
73(3)
Egypt compared with the UK and Hungary
76(5)
7 External costs of road haulage
81(13)
Introduction
81(2)
Elements of external costs
83(8)
Privatisation and externalities
91(2)
Conclusions
93(1)
8 Conclusions
94(4)
References 98(11)
Appendix 109

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