Impact of COVID-19 on Transport and Logistics Sector in the EAC Region
Date
2021-10-08
Authors
FEAFFA and Shippers Council of East Africa
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Publisher
African Economic Research Consortium
Abstract
The emergence of COVID-19 in 2019 led the WHO to stipulate different
containment measures. These measures were adopted by different countries to
help limit and control the spread of the virus. The EAC Partner States developed
regional and localized containment measures focused on the transport and
logistics sector. The implementation of the measures, whilst contributing to
the management of the spread of the virus, equally had negative effects to the
sector as they affected the different sector players. It was, therefore, imperative
to study the impact of the containment measures on transport and logistics and provide related policy recommendations in pursuit of sector competitiveness
and trade facilitation.