Giersing, BoRaballand, GaëlKunaka, Charles2012-05-252012-05-252008-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6487Based on a detailed empirical study, this paper argues that regional liberalization of trucking services has had an important effect on transport costs and tariffs for Zambia's economy. Zambia is a peculiar example in Southern Africa as it benefits from relatively low transport costs compared with other landlocked countries in Africa. This is mainly because of competition between Zambian and other regional, mainly South African, operators and because of South African investments in Zambia's trucking industry. As a result, the costs of operators registered in Zambia and South Africa are similar. The study also demonstrates that enhancing trucking interoperability in Southern Africa would significantly impact positively the Zambian trucking industry's competitiveness. The main measures to significantly increase trucking competitiveness in the region would more likely derive from reducing fuel costs in Zambia, improving border-post operations, and relaxing South African truck import rules.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCIDENT RATESACCIDENTSAIRAIR FREIGHTALTERNATIVE ROUTESARTICULATED TRUCKSAVERAGE TRUCK FLEETAXLE LOADAXLE LOADSAXLESBILATERAL TRANSPORT AGREEMENTSBORDER CROSSINGBORDER TRAFFICBORDER TRANSPORTATIONBRIDGEBRIDGE TOLLSBRIDGESBUSESBYPASSESCABOTAGECAPITAL PROJECTSCARCARGOCARRIAGECEMENTCOMPETING ROUTESCOMPONENTS INDUSTRYCONGESTIONCONTAINERSCOSTS OF TRANSPORTCROSSINGCROSSINGSCUSTOMSCUSTOMS CLEARANCECUSTOMS PROCEDURESDELIVERIESDEMAND FOR ROAD TRANSPORTDEMAND FOR TRANSPORTDEMAND FOR TRANSPORT SERVICESDEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTDIESELDIESEL FUELDOMESTIC TRAFFICDOMESTIC TRANSPORTDRIVER TRAININGDRIVERSDRIVERS TRAININGECONOMIES OF SCALEEXTERNALITIESFERRIESFIXED CHARGESFIXED COSTSFLEETSFRAMEWORKFREIGHTFREIGHT FLOWSFREIGHT MARKETFREIGHT SERVICESFREIGHT TRAFFICFREIGHT TRANSPORTFREIGHT VEHICLEFUELFUEL COSTSFUEL LEVIESFUEL PRICEFUEL PRICESFUEL SHORTAGESFUELSHANDLINGHEAVY GOODS VEHICLESHEAVY TRUCKSHIGH TRANSPORTHIGHWAYHIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTUREINCOMEINFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTINTERNATIONAL TRADELANDLOCKED COUNTRIESLIABILITYLIFTINGLOGISTICS COSTSLONGER DISTANCESMAIN ROADMANUFACTURINGMARITIME TRANSPORTMILEAGEMINIMUM SAFETY STANDARDSMINISTRY OF TRANSPORTMODAL SHAREMODAL SHIFTMODAL TRANSPORT SYSTEMMODES OF TRANSPORTMOTOR VEHICLEMOTOR VEHICLE INDUSTRYODOMETERPASSENGERPASSENGERSPAYLOADPEAK PERIODSPORT OF ENTRYPORTSPUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLESPUBLIC WORKSRAILRAIL CONNECTIONSRAIL INFRASTRUCTURERAIL OPERATORRAIL OPERATORSRAIL ROUTESRAILWAYRAILWAY SYSTEMRAILWAYSRECONSTRUCTIONREGIONAL ROAD TRANSPORTREGIONAL TRANSPORTREGIONAL TRANSPORTATIONROADROAD CONDITIONSROAD CONSTRUCTIONROAD DEVELOPMENTROAD FINANCINGROAD FUNDROAD HAULAGEROAD INFRASTRUCTUREROAD MAINTENANCEROAD NETWORKROAD PAVEMENTSROAD TARIFFSROAD TAXROAD TRAFFICROAD TRANSPORTROAD TRANSPORT INDUSTRYROAD TRANSPORT MARKETROAD TRANSPORT SECTORROAD TRANSPORT SERVICESROAD USERROAD USER CHARGEROAD USER CHARGESROAD USER FEESROAD VEHICLESROADSROUTEROUTESSAFETYSAFETY AGENCYSEAPORTSSHIPPINGSHRINKAGESUB-SAHARAN AFRICATOLLTOLL ROADSTRADE FACILITATIONTRAFFIC CONTROLTRAFFIC FLOWSTRAFFIC PATTERNSTRAFFIC VOLUMESTRAILERSTRAIN DRIVERSTRANSITTRANSIT TIMESTRANSPORT AGENCIESTRANSPORT AGREEMENTSTRANSPORT CAPACITYTRANSPORT CORRIDORSTRANSPORT COSTTRANSPORT COSTSTRANSPORT DEMANDTRANSPORT FACILITATIONTRANSPORT GEOGRAPHYTRANSPORT INDUSTRYTRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURETRANSPORT MARKETSTRANSPORT MODESTRANSPORT OPERATIONSTRANSPORT OPERATORSTRANSPORT POLICYTRANSPORT PRICETRANSPORT QUALITYTRANSPORT SECTORTRANSPORT SERVICETRANSPORT TARIFFSTRANSPORT TIMETRIPSTRUCKINGTRUCKSTYRESVEHICLEVEHICLE COSTVEHICLE OPERATINGVEHICLE OPERATING COSTSVEHICLE REGULATIONSVEHICLESWAREHOUSESWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-4482