Proposta De Análise Das Restrições E Das Oportunidades Logísticas Em Porto Localizado No Leste Da África: Notas De Missão Técnica

Abstract

As Gonçalves (2007) has pointed out, over the course of the 20 th century logistics grew from having a fragmented and diluted profile within organizations to playing a key role in the strategy of the networks and chains of international business. In the 21 st century, as will be shown in this article, logistics will expand these functions to include social and political roles in international relations. The installation of a port in East Africa on the Red Sea is the critical incident examined during a technical mission undertaken by a researcher in 2009. In the shape of a checklist, this survey pointed out major barriers in infrastructure, information, rules, and norms. Results indicated crucial constraints in infrastructure and institutional opportunities, which have an impact on the implementation of new developments there. The gradual development of the organizational arrangement of a complex undertaking such as building a port can play a key role in alleviating the underdevelopment of African countries.