THE LIBERALIZATION AND DE-REGULATION OF THE TRANSPORT SECTOR IN SUB- SAHARAN AFRICA

Abstract

This paper discusses the various policies being implemented presently in sub-Sahara African countries geared to the liberalization and privatization of transport enterprises. Prerequisites for their effectiveness are, however, the restructuring of the institutional mechanisms for planning, managing and maintaining transport infrastructures (mainly roads), and an economic allocation of resources among competitive modes in the absence of any form of discrimination especially between railways and roads. (A)