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Evaluation of global container port investment projects
thesis
posted on 2018-02-16, 09:48 authored by Kwong-Meng HoIn the past, the main sources of government funding or borrowing for seaport
developments in developing and less developed countries were international funding
agencies, such as the World Bank, the European Bank, the Asian Development Bank and
the African Development Bank. In the last ten years, privatisation through Joint Ventures
(JV) or Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Concessions has emerged as the main sources of
finance. Examples of these are the privatisation programmes in Malaysia, India and
China. Within the last decade, industrialised countries such as the United Kingdom and
Netherlands have also placed great emphasis on enhancing the efficiency and productivity
of their seaports by privatisation. Private seaport operators are emerging to invest in
foreign seaport projects. [Continues.]
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School
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
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A doctoral thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy at Loughborough University.Language
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