Progress on Commercialized Road Management in Sub-Saharan Africa

The study focuses on the organizational, technical, and management issues associated with the restructuring, and commercialization of Road Agencies in seven countries: Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Namibia, Tanzania, and South Africa. The ov...

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Main Author: Pinard, Michael Ian
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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spelling okr-10986-178052021-04-23T14:03:35Z Progress on Commercialized Road Management in Sub-Saharan Africa Pinard, Michael Ian ACCESS ROADS AUTONOMOUS ROAD AUTHORITY BB CAPACITY BUILDING CAR CONFLICT DEPARTMENT OF FEEDER ROADS DEPENDENCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DRIVING ECONOMIES OF SCALE FLEET SIZE FUEL HEAVY VEHICLE HIGHWAY HIGHWAY AUTHORITY HIGHWAY DESIGN HIGHWAYS INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS MANAGEMENT OF ROAD OPERATIONS MEETING MEETINGS MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT MOBILITY PAVED ROADS POLICY FORMULATION PUBLIC ROADS PUBLIC WORKS RECONSTRUCTION REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS REHABILITATION ROAD ROAD ADMINISTRATION ROAD AGENCIES ROAD AGENCY ROAD CONDITIONS ROAD CONSTRUCTION ROAD FINANCING ROAD FUND ROAD FUNDS ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD MAINTENANCE WORKS ROAD MANAGEMENT ROAD NETWORK ROAD NETWORKS ROAD PROVISION ROAD QUALITY ROAD SECTOR ROAD SERVICES ROAD TRAFFIC ROAD USER ROAD USER CHARGE ROAD USER CHARGES ROAD USER CHARGING ROAD USERS ROAD WORKS RURAL ROAD RURAL ROAD AGENCY RURAL ROADS TAX TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TRAFFIC LEVEL TRAFFIC SAFETY TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT OPERATIONS TRANSPORT POLICY TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT USERS TRUE TYPES OF ROAD VEHICLE VEHICLE FLEET VEHICLE LICENSE FEES VEHICLE OPERATING VEHICLE OPERATING COSTS VEHICLES The study focuses on the organizational, technical, and management issues associated with the restructuring, and commercialization of Road Agencies in seven countries: Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Namibia, Tanzania, and South Africa. The overall aim of this work is to deepen the understanding of good practice in order to provide Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Program (SSATP) partner countries with the guidance they need to set up or restructure Road Authorities in Sub-Saharan Africa. To this end, the main objectives are to: (1) identify some key issues and constraints surrounding the operation and management of Road Authorities, and (2) put forward some basic guidelines for increasing the managerial effectiveness and efficiency of Road Authorities. The remainder of this report is structured as follows. Chapter two provides an international perspective on restructuring road agencies in terms of best practice approaches. Chapter three highlights the fundamental principles that should be adopted for achieving sound road management practices within a Road Authority. Chapter four then reviews country-specific experiences pertaining to the progress made in the commercialization of the road management practices of road agencies. Finally, chapter five presents the main findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the study. Appendixes A and B are devoted to an evaluation framework and performance indicators, respectively. 2014-04-15T20:35:10Z 2014-04-15T20:35:10Z 2012-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/16591804/progress-commercialized-road-management-sub-saharan-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17805 English en_US Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Program (SSATP) working paper;no. 92 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Africa
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DRIVING
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
FLEET SIZE
FUEL
HEAVY VEHICLE
HIGHWAY
HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
HIGHWAY DESIGN
HIGHWAYS
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
MANAGEMENT OF ROAD OPERATIONS
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MEETINGS
MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT
MOBILITY
PAVED ROADS
POLICY FORMULATION
PUBLIC ROADS
PUBLIC WORKS
RECONSTRUCTION
REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
REHABILITATION
ROAD
ROAD ADMINISTRATION
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ROAD AGENCY
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ROAD CONSTRUCTION
ROAD FINANCING
ROAD FUND
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ROAD MANAGEMENT
ROAD NETWORK
ROAD NETWORKS
ROAD PROVISION
ROAD QUALITY
ROAD SECTOR
ROAD SERVICES
ROAD TRAFFIC
ROAD USER
ROAD USER CHARGE
ROAD USER CHARGES
ROAD USER CHARGING
ROAD USERS
ROAD WORKS
RURAL ROAD
RURAL ROAD AGENCY
RURAL ROADS
TAX
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
TRAFFIC LEVEL
TRAFFIC SAFETY
TRANSPARENCY
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT COSTS
TRANSPORT OPERATIONS
TRANSPORT POLICY
TRANSPORT SECTOR
TRANSPORT USERS
TRUE
TYPES OF ROAD
VEHICLE
VEHICLE FLEET
VEHICLE LICENSE FEES
VEHICLE OPERATING
VEHICLE OPERATING COSTS
VEHICLES
spellingShingle ACCESS ROADS
AUTONOMOUS ROAD AUTHORITY
BB
CAPACITY BUILDING
CAR
CONFLICT
DEPARTMENT OF FEEDER ROADS
DEPENDENCE
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
DRIVING
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
FLEET SIZE
FUEL
HEAVY VEHICLE
HIGHWAY
HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
HIGHWAY DESIGN
HIGHWAYS
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
MANAGEMENT OF ROAD OPERATIONS
MEETING
MEETINGS
MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT
MOBILITY
PAVED ROADS
POLICY FORMULATION
PUBLIC ROADS
PUBLIC WORKS
RECONSTRUCTION
REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
REHABILITATION
ROAD
ROAD ADMINISTRATION
ROAD AGENCIES
ROAD AGENCY
ROAD CONDITIONS
ROAD CONSTRUCTION
ROAD FINANCING
ROAD FUND
ROAD FUNDS
ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
ROAD MAINTENANCE
ROAD MAINTENANCE WORKS
ROAD MANAGEMENT
ROAD NETWORK
ROAD NETWORKS
ROAD PROVISION
ROAD QUALITY
ROAD SECTOR
ROAD SERVICES
ROAD TRAFFIC
ROAD USER
ROAD USER CHARGE
ROAD USER CHARGES
ROAD USER CHARGING
ROAD USERS
ROAD WORKS
RURAL ROAD
RURAL ROAD AGENCY
RURAL ROADS
TAX
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
TRAFFIC LEVEL
TRAFFIC SAFETY
TRANSPARENCY
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT COSTS
TRANSPORT OPERATIONS
TRANSPORT POLICY
TRANSPORT SECTOR
TRANSPORT USERS
TRUE
TYPES OF ROAD
VEHICLE
VEHICLE FLEET
VEHICLE LICENSE FEES
VEHICLE OPERATING
VEHICLE OPERATING COSTS
VEHICLES
Pinard, Michael Ian
Progress on Commercialized Road Management in Sub-Saharan Africa
geographic_facet Africa
relation Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Program (SSATP) working paper;no. 92
description The study focuses on the organizational, technical, and management issues associated with the restructuring, and commercialization of Road Agencies in seven countries: Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Namibia, Tanzania, and South Africa. The overall aim of this work is to deepen the understanding of good practice in order to provide Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Program (SSATP) partner countries with the guidance they need to set up or restructure Road Authorities in Sub-Saharan Africa. To this end, the main objectives are to: (1) identify some key issues and constraints surrounding the operation and management of Road Authorities, and (2) put forward some basic guidelines for increasing the managerial effectiveness and efficiency of Road Authorities. The remainder of this report is structured as follows. Chapter two provides an international perspective on restructuring road agencies in terms of best practice approaches. Chapter three highlights the fundamental principles that should be adopted for achieving sound road management practices within a Road Authority. Chapter four then reviews country-specific experiences pertaining to the progress made in the commercialization of the road management practices of road agencies. Finally, chapter five presents the main findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the study. Appendixes A and B are devoted to an evaluation framework and performance indicators, respectively.
format Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author Pinard, Michael Ian
author_facet Pinard, Michael Ian
author_sort Pinard, Michael Ian
title Progress on Commercialized Road Management in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_short Progress on Commercialized Road Management in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full Progress on Commercialized Road Management in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_fullStr Progress on Commercialized Road Management in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full_unstemmed Progress on Commercialized Road Management in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_sort progress on commercialized road management in sub-saharan africa
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/16591804/progress-commercialized-road-management-sub-saharan-africa
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