Bullock, Richard2014-03-262014-03-262005-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17415This review is designed to assist the development community and policy makers in other countries who may be contemplating railway privatization. The report is principally concerned with the results of privatization rather than the processes or detailed concession structures, which have varied from country to country depending on diverse local circumstances. This report is concerned with the results of the African concessions. The report contains three main sections: (i) A summary of the background to railway development in sub-Saharan Africa to the start of the 1990's, together with a list of the railway privatizations and concessions undertaken over the last 10 years and a brief description of the main concessionaires; (ii) A more detailed presentation of the thirteen concessions, particularly the three which have been operating the longest ; (iii) An assessment of the overall results of railway privatization/concessioning.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESSIBILITYBANKSBRIDGEBUSBUS TRANSPORTCAPITAL INVESTMENTCOMPETITION FROM ROADCOMPETITION FROM ROAD TRANSPORTCONCESSION AGREEMENTSCONCESSION FEESCORRIDORDEBTDEVELOPMENT OF RAILWAYSFINANCIAL BURDENFINANCIAL PERFORMANCEFINANCIAL PROJECTIONSFREIGHTFREIGHT RATESFREIGHT SERVICESFREIGHT TRAFFICFREIGHT USERSFREIGHT WAGONSFUELHOLDING COMPANIESHOLDING COMPANYINFLATIONINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTINFRASTRUCTURE SECTORSINFRASTRUCTURE SERVICESKEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORSLEASINGLOCOMOTIVELOCOMOTIVESNET PROFITNORTH AFRICAOPERATING COSTSPASSENGERPASSENGER COACHESPASSENGER SERVICEPASSENGER SERVICESPASSENGER TRAFFICPASSENGERSPERSONAL TRAVELPETROLEUM PRODUCTSPORTSPRICE REGULATIONPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATIONPRIVATISATIONPRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCYPRODUCTIVITYPSOPUBLIC POLICYPUBLIC SERVICE OBLIGATIONRAILRAIL COMPETITIONRAIL CONCESSIONSRAIL FREIGHTRAIL INFRASTRUCTURERAIL NETWORKRAIL NETWORKSRAIL OPERATORRAIL SYSTEMRAIL SYSTEMSRAILROADRAILWAYRAILWAY COMPANYRAILWAY CONCESSIONSRAILWAY DEVELOPMENTRAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURERAILWAY INVESTMENTRAILWAY PERFORMANCERAILWAY PRIVATIZATIONRAILWAY SECTORRAILWAYSRAILWAYS PRIVATIZATIONRETAINED EARNINGSROADROAD SYSTEMROAD TRANSPORTROADSROLLING STOCKROUTERURAL INFRASTRUCTURESAHARASERVICE QUALITYSHARINGSOUTH AMERICASTATIONSSTRUCTURESSUB-SAHARAN AFRICASUBSIDIARIESSUBSIDIARYTIMBERTOLLTOTAL REVENUESTRACKTRAFFICTRAFFIC LEVELTRAFFIC VOLUMESTRAIN OPERATORSTRAINSTRANSITTRANSPORTTRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURETRANSPORT PROBLEMSTRANSPORT SECTORTRANSPORT SERVICESTRUCKINGTRUCKSURBAN DEVELOPMENTWAGONSWORKING RATIO10.1596/17415