Chapter 6 The Dakar–Bamako Corridor: Between Boom and Contradictions

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Notes on Contributors ix
5. Preface and Acknowledgements xii
6. Chapter 1 Introduction Transport Corridors in Africa: Synergy, Slippage and Sustainability 1
7. Paul Nugent and Hugh Lamarque 35
8. Chapter 3 Hidden in Plain Sight: The Temporal Layers of Transport Corridors in Uganda 57
9. Chapter 4 From Priority Projects to Corridor Approaches: African and European Transport Networks in Perspective 78
10. Chapter 5 The Political Economy of West African Integration: The Transport Sector on Two Port Corridors 102
11. Chapter 6 The Dakar–Bamako Corridor: Between Boom and Contradictions 129
12. Chapter 7 Privatising the Port: Harbouring Neoliberalism in Lomé 155
13. Chapter 8 A Time for Realignment? Retrofit in the Golden Era of the Cameroonian Railways 180
14. Chapter 9 When is a Corridor Just a Road? Understanding Thwarted Ambitions Along the Abidjan–Lagos Corridor 211
15. Chapter 10 The Jealousy of Roads: Construction, Circulation and Competition on East Africa’s Transport Corridors 231
16. Chapter 11 Following the Tracks: Chinese Development Finance and the Addis–Djibouti Railway Corridor 262
17. Chapter 12 Corridors of Opportunity? African Infrastructure and the Market Expansion of Chinese Companies 286
18. Index 317