Kenya : Transport Sector Memorandum, Volume 1. Strategy

This Memorandum is intended to initiate discussion regarding the appropriate infrastructure strategy and policy direction which will lead to a sustainable transport sector which provides access for people and goods within Kenya and integrates Kenya...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Other Infrastructure Study
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2013
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/2487588/kenya-transport-sector-memorandum-strategy
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14626
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topic TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORT POLICY
ROAD TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
RAIL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
PORT MANAGEMENT
AIR TRANSPORT
PRIVATIZATION OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
PRIVATIZATION OF SERVICES
ROAD MAINTENANCE & REPAIR
ROAD CONSTRUCTION
ROAD FINANCE
BUS TRANSPORTATION
PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION
CONCESSION
ROAD & HIGHWAY NETWORKS
TRANSPORTATION SAFETY
EXPORT PROMOTION
COMPETITIVENESS
ROAD REHABILITATION
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK
RESOURCES MOBILIZATION ACCESS ROADS
ACCOUNT MAINTENANCE
ACCOUNTABILITY
AIR SAFETY
AIR TRAFFIC
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL
AIR TRANSPORT
AIR TRANSPORT SECTOR
AIRLINES
AIRPORTS AUTHORITY
AIRSTRIPS
AIRWAYS
ARTERIAL ROADS
AUTHORITIES
AVIATION
AXLES
BUS COMPANIES
BUS COMPANY
BUS SERVICE
BUS SERVICES
CARGO
CARRIAGEWAYS
CARRIERS
CEMENT
CIVIL AVIATION
CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY
CIVIL AVIATION INFRASTRUCTURE
CONCESSIONS
CONGESTION
CONSTRUCTION WORKS
CONTAINER HANDLING
CONTAINER TERMINAL
CONTAINER VESSELS
CORRIDOR
CRANES
DEBT
DEREGULATION
DIRECT FLIGHTS
DISTRICT ROADS
DOMESTIC AIRPORTS
DRAINAGE
DRAINAGE STRUCTURES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ELECTRICITY
EMPLOYMENT
EXPORT
FINANCIAL STRUCTURE
FRAMEWORK
FREIGHT
FREIGHT FORWARDERS
FREIGHT FORWARDING
FREIGHT SERVICES
FREIGHT TRAFFIC
FREIGHT TRANSPORT
FUEL
FUEL LEVY
HANDLERS
HANDLING
HUB
INCOME
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
LANDLORD PORT
LIQUIDATION
LOCAL
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
LOCAL CONTRACTORS
MOBILITY
NAVIGATION
NETWORK
OPERATING SURPLUS
PASSENGER
PASSENGER SERVICE
PASSENGER TERMINAL
PASSENGER TERMINALS
PASSENGER TRANSPORT
PASSENGERS
PAVEMENT
PAVING
PENALTIES
PORTS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION
PRIVATE TOLL ROADS
PRIVATIZATION
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC FUNDS
PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC WORKS
RAIL TRANSPORT
RAILWAYS
RANGE
RESOURCE MOBILIZATION
ROAD
ROAD ACCESS
ROAD CONDITIONS
ROAD CONSTRUCTION
ROAD FINANCING
ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
ROAD NETWORK
ROAD NETWORKS
ROAD SECTOR
ROAD TRANSPORT
ROAD TRANSPORT INDUSTRY
ROAD USERS
ROADS
ROADWORK
ROUTE
ROUTES
ROUTINE ROAD MAINTENANCE
RUNWAY
RURAL ROADS
SAFETY
SAFETY REGULATIONS
SAFETY STANDARDS
SECONDARY ROADS
SECURITY OVERSIGHT
SOCIAL SERVICES
SPEED
SPREADING
STRUCTURES
SURCHARGES
TERMINAL MANAGEMENT
TRAFFIC
TRAFFIC FLOWS
TRAINS
TRANSPARENCY
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORT MODE
TRANSPORT NETWORKS
TRANSPORT POLICIES
TRANSPORT STRATEGY
TRANSPORT SYSTEM
UNPAVED ROADS
URBAN BUS
URBAN ROAD
URBAN ROAD NETWORK
URBAN ROADS
URBAN TRANSPORT
VEHICLES
spellingShingle TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORT POLICY
ROAD TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
RAIL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
PORT MANAGEMENT
AIR TRANSPORT
PRIVATIZATION OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
PRIVATIZATION OF SERVICES
ROAD MAINTENANCE & REPAIR
ROAD CONSTRUCTION
ROAD FINANCE
BUS TRANSPORTATION
PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION
CONCESSION
ROAD & HIGHWAY NETWORKS
TRANSPORTATION SAFETY
EXPORT PROMOTION
COMPETITIVENESS
ROAD REHABILITATION
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK
RESOURCES MOBILIZATION ACCESS ROADS
ACCOUNT MAINTENANCE
ACCOUNTABILITY
AIR SAFETY
AIR TRAFFIC
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL
AIR TRANSPORT
AIR TRANSPORT SECTOR
AIRLINES
AIRPORTS AUTHORITY
AIRSTRIPS
AIRWAYS
ARTERIAL ROADS
AUTHORITIES
AVIATION
AXLES
BUS COMPANIES
BUS COMPANY
BUS SERVICE
BUS SERVICES
CARGO
CARRIAGEWAYS
CARRIERS
CEMENT
CIVIL AVIATION
CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY
CIVIL AVIATION INFRASTRUCTURE
CONCESSIONS
CONGESTION
CONSTRUCTION WORKS
CONTAINER HANDLING
CONTAINER TERMINAL
CONTAINER VESSELS
CORRIDOR
CRANES
DEBT
DEREGULATION
DIRECT FLIGHTS
DISTRICT ROADS
DOMESTIC AIRPORTS
DRAINAGE
DRAINAGE STRUCTURES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ELECTRICITY
EMPLOYMENT
EXPORT
FINANCIAL STRUCTURE
FRAMEWORK
FREIGHT
FREIGHT FORWARDERS
FREIGHT FORWARDING
FREIGHT SERVICES
FREIGHT TRAFFIC
FREIGHT TRANSPORT
FUEL
FUEL LEVY
HANDLERS
HANDLING
HUB
INCOME
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
LANDLORD PORT
LIQUIDATION
LOCAL
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
LOCAL CONTRACTORS
MOBILITY
NAVIGATION
NETWORK
OPERATING SURPLUS
PASSENGER
PASSENGER SERVICE
PASSENGER TERMINAL
PASSENGER TERMINALS
PASSENGER TRANSPORT
PASSENGERS
PAVEMENT
PAVING
PENALTIES
PORTS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION
PRIVATE TOLL ROADS
PRIVATIZATION
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC FUNDS
PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC WORKS
RAIL TRANSPORT
RAILWAYS
RANGE
RESOURCE MOBILIZATION
ROAD
ROAD ACCESS
ROAD CONDITIONS
ROAD CONSTRUCTION
ROAD FINANCING
ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
ROAD NETWORK
ROAD NETWORKS
ROAD SECTOR
ROAD TRANSPORT
ROAD TRANSPORT INDUSTRY
ROAD USERS
ROADS
ROADWORK
ROUTE
ROUTES
ROUTINE ROAD MAINTENANCE
RUNWAY
RURAL ROADS
SAFETY
SAFETY REGULATIONS
SAFETY STANDARDS
SECONDARY ROADS
SECURITY OVERSIGHT
SOCIAL SERVICES
SPEED
SPREADING
STRUCTURES
SURCHARGES
TERMINAL MANAGEMENT
TRAFFIC
TRAFFIC FLOWS
TRAINS
TRANSPARENCY
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORT MODE
TRANSPORT NETWORKS
TRANSPORT POLICIES
TRANSPORT STRATEGY
TRANSPORT SYSTEM
UNPAVED ROADS
URBAN BUS
URBAN ROAD
URBAN ROAD NETWORK
URBAN ROADS
URBAN TRANSPORT
VEHICLES
World Bank
Kenya : Transport Sector Memorandum, Volume 1. Strategy
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Kenya
description This Memorandum is intended to initiate discussion regarding the appropriate infrastructure strategy and policy direction which will lead to a sustainable transport sector which provides access for people and goods within Kenya and integrates Kenya into the global economy. Unless these two objectives are achieved, the prospects for substantial and continuing social and economic development in Kenya are limired. Large segments of Kenya's population will remain isolated in the rural areas, and the economy will continue as a producer of primary commodities and basic manufactues for domestic and perhaps regional consumption. The report states as the first and most important action to reverse the deterioration in the transport sector, a very major change in the philosophic approach of politicians to the sector is needed. They have to start to treat infrastructure as integral to the economic rather than the political process. Beyond this overarching change in approach, the following should also be considered as needed steps for implementing the strategy: increase private sector investment and management in the ports, airports, railways, and roads systems; reduce the role of the public sector in day-to-day management while retaining core functions for all modes of transportation and increasing public funding; and in terms of financing, rely on performance contracting under either maintenance concessions or long-term performance-based contracts.
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title Kenya : Transport Sector Memorandum, Volume 1. Strategy
title_short Kenya : Transport Sector Memorandum, Volume 1. Strategy
title_full Kenya : Transport Sector Memorandum, Volume 1. Strategy
title_fullStr Kenya : Transport Sector Memorandum, Volume 1. Strategy
title_full_unstemmed Kenya : Transport Sector Memorandum, Volume 1. Strategy
title_sort kenya : transport sector memorandum, volume 1. strategy
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/2487588/kenya-transport-sector-memorandum-strategy
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14626
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spelling okr-10986-146262021-04-23T14:03:16Z Kenya : Transport Sector Memorandum, Volume 1. Strategy World Bank TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT POLICY ROAD TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS RAIL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS PORT MANAGEMENT AIR TRANSPORT PRIVATIZATION OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES PRIVATIZATION OF SERVICES ROAD MAINTENANCE & REPAIR ROAD CONSTRUCTION ROAD FINANCE BUS TRANSPORTATION PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION CONCESSION ROAD & HIGHWAY NETWORKS TRANSPORTATION SAFETY EXPORT PROMOTION COMPETITIVENESS ROAD REHABILITATION REGULATORY FRAMEWORK LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK RESOURCES MOBILIZATION ACCESS ROADS ACCOUNT MAINTENANCE ACCOUNTABILITY AIR SAFETY AIR TRAFFIC AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AIR TRANSPORT AIR TRANSPORT SECTOR AIRLINES AIRPORTS AUTHORITY AIRSTRIPS AIRWAYS ARTERIAL ROADS AUTHORITIES AVIATION AXLES BUS COMPANIES BUS COMPANY BUS SERVICE BUS SERVICES CARGO CARRIAGEWAYS CARRIERS CEMENT CIVIL AVIATION CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY CIVIL AVIATION INFRASTRUCTURE CONCESSIONS CONGESTION CONSTRUCTION WORKS CONTAINER HANDLING CONTAINER TERMINAL CONTAINER VESSELS CORRIDOR CRANES DEBT DEREGULATION DIRECT FLIGHTS DISTRICT ROADS DOMESTIC AIRPORTS DRAINAGE DRAINAGE STRUCTURES ECONOMIC GROWTH ELECTRICITY EMPLOYMENT EXPORT FINANCIAL STRUCTURE FRAMEWORK FREIGHT FREIGHT FORWARDERS FREIGHT FORWARDING FREIGHT SERVICES FREIGHT TRAFFIC FREIGHT TRANSPORT FUEL FUEL LEVY HANDLERS HANDLING HUB INCOME INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS INTERNATIONAL STANDARD INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL TRADE LANDLORD PORT LIQUIDATION LOCAL LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL CONTRACTORS MOBILITY NAVIGATION NETWORK OPERATING SURPLUS PASSENGER PASSENGER SERVICE PASSENGER TERMINAL PASSENGER TERMINALS PASSENGER TRANSPORT PASSENGERS PAVEMENT PAVING PENALTIES PORTS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION PRIVATE TOLL ROADS PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC OWNERSHIP PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC WORKS RAIL TRANSPORT RAILWAYS RANGE RESOURCE MOBILIZATION ROAD ROAD ACCESS ROAD CONDITIONS ROAD CONSTRUCTION ROAD FINANCING ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD NETWORK ROAD NETWORKS ROAD SECTOR ROAD TRANSPORT ROAD TRANSPORT INDUSTRY ROAD USERS ROADS ROADWORK ROUTE ROUTES ROUTINE ROAD MAINTENANCE RUNWAY RURAL ROADS SAFETY SAFETY REGULATIONS SAFETY STANDARDS SECONDARY ROADS SECURITY OVERSIGHT SOCIAL SERVICES SPEED SPREADING STRUCTURES SURCHARGES TERMINAL MANAGEMENT TRAFFIC TRAFFIC FLOWS TRAINS TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT MODE TRANSPORT NETWORKS TRANSPORT POLICIES TRANSPORT STRATEGY TRANSPORT SYSTEM UNPAVED ROADS URBAN BUS URBAN ROAD URBAN ROAD NETWORK URBAN ROADS URBAN TRANSPORT VEHICLES This Memorandum is intended to initiate discussion regarding the appropriate infrastructure strategy and policy direction which will lead to a sustainable transport sector which provides access for people and goods within Kenya and integrates Kenya into the global economy. Unless these two objectives are achieved, the prospects for substantial and continuing social and economic development in Kenya are limired. Large segments of Kenya's population will remain isolated in the rural areas, and the economy will continue as a producer of primary commodities and basic manufactues for domestic and perhaps regional consumption. The report states as the first and most important action to reverse the deterioration in the transport sector, a very major change in the philosophic approach of politicians to the sector is needed. They have to start to treat infrastructure as integral to the economic rather than the political process. Beyond this overarching change in approach, the following should also be considered as needed steps for implementing the strategy: increase private sector investment and management in the ports, airports, railways, and roads systems; reduce the role of the public sector in day-to-day management while retaining core functions for all modes of transportation and increasing public funding; and in terms of financing, rely on performance contracting under either maintenance concessions or long-term performance-based contracts. 2013-07-26T21:41:28Z 2013-07-26T21:41:28Z 2003-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/2487588/kenya-transport-sector-memorandum-strategy http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14626 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Infrastructure Study Economic & Sector Work Africa Kenya