TITLE:
The Current Railway Development and Its Influencing Factors in Ghana
AUTHORS:
Larsey Naphtali Akwetteh, Chaoyi Xu, Monica Dita Pravita Widya Putri, Larsey Nathanael Okoe
KEYWORDS:
Ghana, Railway, Development, Rehabilitations, Influencing Factors
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.9 No.3,
March
22,
2021
ABSTRACT: For a
number of years, the Ghana Railway system and infrastructure have been
unattractively inactive and have deprived the nation and economy of its development
rate and living expenses substantially. Speed, space, weight, distance, expense
and time are expedient with regards to a developing economy. Consider the gain
if all these are catered for at least to an extent in the railway sector.
Freight movement and passenger transport on a high rate could benefit the
economy a great deal minimizing a lot of expense, accidents, traffics etc. and also lead dramatically towards increased
commodity production, trade boost and people development. With the
recent plans by the Government on the trans-ECOWAS railway link and job
creation, investment
boundaries will be open to resource extraction and improved agricultural
commerce. This paper primarily reflects the major drive towards the Ghana
Railway Development. Certain influencing factors carefully searched out are
outlined with a view at its high potential as a rail recovery cornerstone.