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dc.description.abstractIn many countries, including some developed ones, freight forwarders are neither' defined nor regulated and therefore suffer from a lack of identity in their promotional and regulatory framework. In the absence of internationally recognized definitions, the use of expressions such as "Freight Forwarders" or "international Freight Forwarders" is consequently a frequent cause of misunderstanding -and confusion. The recent use of the expression ''Multimodal Transport Operator" (MTO), introduced in the UN Convention on International Multimodal Transport, further increased the confusion. They are today increasingly taking a carrier's responsibility of offering door-to-door transport operations and, by doing so; they are becoming multimodal transport operators. At the time when international transport was confined to port-to-port operations, freight forwarders were considered as subordinates of shipping companies and their agents. With the advent of containerization and the growing demand for tailored transport services, freight forwarders started identifying their role as complementary to modal operators by securing certain continuity in the intermodal movement of goods across borders. Today, they are becoming carriers and their profession is now essential to the international trade of a country. As a first-step towards Solving the Human Resource and Institutional Development (HRID) and training problems in freight forwarding is the preparation of this document. This document, in a guideline format, looks into ways and means to improve the human resource and institutional development of an important profession supporting both the trade and transport sectors of country - freight forwarding.en
dc.titleGuidelines on the development of human resource capabilities in the field of freight forwarding operations in Africaen
dc.title.alternativeFreight forwardingen
ags.descriptionNotesIncludes Annexes.en
ags.publisherPlace[Addis Ababa]:en
ags.publisherNameUN. ECA,en
ags.citationTitleFreight Forwardingen
dc.coverage.spatialAFR
dc.coverage.spatialAfrica
dc.date.accessioned2011-03-31T14:43:29Z
dc.date.available2011-03-31T14:43:29Z
dc.date.issued1993-11
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10855/817
dc.format.extent26 p.
dc.languageeng
dc.typeWorking paper
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomyUNBIS::EMPLOYMENT::SKILLS DEVELOPMENT::HUMAN RESOURCES
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomyUNBIS::POLITICAL AND LEGAL QUESTIONS::INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW::FREIGHT FORWARDING
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomyUNBIS::ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT FINANCE::DEVELOPMENT::CAPACITY BUILDING
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomyUNBIS::EMPLOI::DEVELOPPEMENT DES QUALIFICATIONS PROFESSIONNELLES::RESSOURCES HUMAINES
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomyUNBIS::EMPLEO::CAPACITACION PROFESIONAL::RECURSOS HUMANOS
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomyUNBIS::QUESTIONS POLITIQUES ET JURIDIQUES::DROIT COMMERCIAL INTERNATIONAL::EXPEDITION
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomyUNBIS::CUESTIONES POLITICAS Y JURIDICAS::DERECHO MERCANTIL INTERNACIONAL::EXPEDICION DE CARGA
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomyUNBIS::DEVELOPPEMENT ECONOMIQUE ET FINANCEMENT DU DEVELOPPEMENT::DEVELOPPEMENT::DEVELOPPEMENT DES CAPACITES
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomyUNBIS::DESARROLLO ECONOMICO Y FINANCIACION DEL DESARROLLO::DESARROLLO::DESARROLLO DE CAPACIDAD
uneca.workflow.processedtrue
ags.creatorCorporateUnited Nations. Economic Commission for Africa
ags.creatorCorporateUnited Nations. Economic Commission for Africa
ags.subjectThesaurusHUMAN RESOURCES
ags.subjectThesaurusFREIGHT FORWARDING
ags.subjectThesaurusCAPACITY BUILDING
ags.subjectThesaurusRESSOURCES HUMAINES
ags.subjectThesaurusRECURSOS HUMANOS
ags.subjectThesaurusEXPEDITION
ags.subjectThesaurusEXPEDICION DE CARGA
ags.subjectThesaurusDEVELOPPEMENT DES CAPACITES
ags.subjectThesaurusDESARROLLO DE CAPACIDAD
ags.subjectClassification06.00.00 Transport and Communications : General
ags.availabilityNumber005.963(083.744)
ags.availabilityNumberG9465
ags.availabilityLocationECA-HQ
ags.rights.termsofusepublic
ags.RNTRANSCOM/684
ags.JN12255
uneca.language.supporteden


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