The Abidjan-Ouagadougou Railway Concession

Since the 1980s, most Sub-Saharan African railways have been experiencing a severe crisis: declining traffic and revenue, lack of market orientation and poor service, continued operation of high-loss passenger services, poor maintenance, gross over...

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Main Authors: Budin, Karim-Jacques, Mitchell, Brigitta
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
PSO
TAX
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1999/08/12586799/abidjan-ouagadougou-railway-concession
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9859
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spelling okr-10986-98592021-04-23T14:02:47Z The Abidjan-Ouagadougou Railway Concession Budin, Karim-Jacques Mitchell, Brigitta ACCESS FEE ARBITRATION BIDS COACHES COMPETITION FROM ROAD COMPETITION FROM ROAD TRANSPORT CORRIDOR CREDITS DEBT DEBT FINANCING DEBT SERVICE DISPUTE RESOLUTION DOMESTIC TRANSPORT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ESTATE FINANCIAL COMPENSATION FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES FINANCIAL DISCIPLINE FINANCIAL EVALUATION FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL SITUATION FIRST FULL YEAR OF OPERATION FLEETS FORWARDERS FREIGHT FREIGHT CUSTOMERS FREIGHT TRAFFIC INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PROGRAMS INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING INVESTING INVESTMENT CONTRACTS INVESTMENT FINANCING INVESTMENT PROGRAM JOINT-STOCK COMPANY LABOR LAW LEASES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCOMOTIVES LONG DISTANCE LONG DISTANCE TRAFFIC LONG-DISTANCE LOSS-MAKING MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE MOTIVE POWER NEGOTIATION PASSENGER SERVICE PASSENGER SERVICES PASSENGER TRAFFIC PASSENGERS PENSION PENSION SYSTEM PETROLEUM PRODUCTS PRIVATE INVESTORS PSO PUBLIC CORPORATIONS PUBLIC SERVICE OBLIGATION RAIL RAIL EQUIPMENT RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE RAIL SAFETY RAIL SERVICES RAIL TRANSPORT RAILWAY RAILWAY ACTIVITY RAILWAY COMPANIES RAILWAY CONCESSION RAILWAY ENGINEERING RAILWAY EQUIPMENT RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE RAILWAY LANDLORD CORPORATIONS RAILWAY OPERATIONS RAILWAY WORKERS RAILWAYS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REHABILITATION PROGRAM RENTAL FEE RESERVES ROAD ROAD NETWORK ROAD TRANSPORT ROAD USER ROAD USER CHARGES ROLLING STOCK SEVERANCE PAYMENTS SHAREHOLDER SHAREHOLDERS STOCK EXCHANGE STRATEGIC INVESTOR TAX TAX REGIME TRACK TRAFFIC WAGONS Since the 1980s, most Sub-Saharan African railways have been experiencing a severe crisis: declining traffic and revenue, lack of market orientation and poor service, continued operation of high-loss passenger services, poor maintenance, gross overstaffing, lack of technical and financial discipline, and heavy financial losses. Attempts to 'restructure' railways as public entities have generally failed. Involvement of the private sector in railway operations under a concession arrangement now seems to be a promising tool for transforming railways into business-oriented enterprises. The concession technique, successfully applied in Latin America, was used for the first time in Sub-Saharan Africa in Cote d'Ivoire and Burkina, who jointly concessioned the Abidjan-Ouagadougou railway to a private operator in December 1994. 2012-08-13T09:43:23Z 2012-08-13T09:43:23Z 1999-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1999/08/12586799/abidjan-ouagadougou-railway-concession http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9859 English Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 140 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa
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topic ACCESS FEE
ARBITRATION
BIDS
COACHES
COMPETITION FROM ROAD
COMPETITION FROM ROAD TRANSPORT
CORRIDOR
CREDITS
DEBT
DEBT FINANCING
DEBT SERVICE
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
DOMESTIC TRANSPORT
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
ESTATE
FINANCIAL COMPENSATION
FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES
FINANCIAL DISCIPLINE
FINANCIAL EVALUATION
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FINANCIAL SITUATION
FIRST FULL YEAR OF OPERATION
FLEETS
FORWARDERS
FREIGHT
FREIGHT CUSTOMERS
FREIGHT TRAFFIC
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PROGRAMS
INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT
INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING
INVESTING
INVESTMENT CONTRACTS
INVESTMENT FINANCING
INVESTMENT PROGRAM
JOINT-STOCK COMPANY
LABOR LAW
LEASES
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
LOCOMOTIVES
LONG DISTANCE
LONG DISTANCE TRAFFIC
LONG-DISTANCE
LOSS-MAKING
MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE
MOTIVE POWER
NEGOTIATION
PASSENGER SERVICE
PASSENGER SERVICES
PASSENGER TRAFFIC
PASSENGERS
PENSION
PENSION SYSTEM
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PRIVATE INVESTORS
PSO
PUBLIC CORPORATIONS
PUBLIC SERVICE OBLIGATION
RAIL
RAIL EQUIPMENT
RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE
RAIL SAFETY
RAIL SERVICES
RAIL TRANSPORT
RAILWAY
RAILWAY ACTIVITY
RAILWAY COMPANIES
RAILWAY CONCESSION
RAILWAY ENGINEERING
RAILWAY EQUIPMENT
RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE
RAILWAY LANDLORD CORPORATIONS
RAILWAY OPERATIONS
RAILWAY WORKERS
RAILWAYS
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
REHABILITATION PROGRAM
RENTAL FEE
RESERVES
ROAD
ROAD NETWORK
ROAD TRANSPORT
ROAD USER
ROAD USER CHARGES
ROLLING STOCK
SEVERANCE PAYMENTS
SHAREHOLDER
SHAREHOLDERS
STOCK EXCHANGE
STRATEGIC INVESTOR
TAX
TAX REGIME
TRACK
TRAFFIC
WAGONS
spellingShingle ACCESS FEE
ARBITRATION
BIDS
COACHES
COMPETITION FROM ROAD
COMPETITION FROM ROAD TRANSPORT
CORRIDOR
CREDITS
DEBT
DEBT FINANCING
DEBT SERVICE
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
DOMESTIC TRANSPORT
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
ESTATE
FINANCIAL COMPENSATION
FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES
FINANCIAL DISCIPLINE
FINANCIAL EVALUATION
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
FINANCIAL SITUATION
FIRST FULL YEAR OF OPERATION
FLEETS
FORWARDERS
FREIGHT
FREIGHT CUSTOMERS
FREIGHT TRAFFIC
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PROGRAMS
INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT
INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING
INVESTING
INVESTMENT CONTRACTS
INVESTMENT FINANCING
INVESTMENT PROGRAM
JOINT-STOCK COMPANY
LABOR LAW
LEASES
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
LOCOMOTIVES
LONG DISTANCE
LONG DISTANCE TRAFFIC
LONG-DISTANCE
LOSS-MAKING
MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE
MOTIVE POWER
NEGOTIATION
PASSENGER SERVICE
PASSENGER SERVICES
PASSENGER TRAFFIC
PASSENGERS
PENSION
PENSION SYSTEM
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PRIVATE INVESTORS
PSO
PUBLIC CORPORATIONS
PUBLIC SERVICE OBLIGATION
RAIL
RAIL EQUIPMENT
RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE
RAIL SAFETY
RAIL SERVICES
RAIL TRANSPORT
RAILWAY
RAILWAY ACTIVITY
RAILWAY COMPANIES
RAILWAY CONCESSION
RAILWAY ENGINEERING
RAILWAY EQUIPMENT
RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE
RAILWAY LANDLORD CORPORATIONS
RAILWAY OPERATIONS
RAILWAY WORKERS
RAILWAYS
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
REHABILITATION PROGRAM
RENTAL FEE
RESERVES
ROAD
ROAD NETWORK
ROAD TRANSPORT
ROAD USER
ROAD USER CHARGES
ROLLING STOCK
SEVERANCE PAYMENTS
SHAREHOLDER
SHAREHOLDERS
STOCK EXCHANGE
STRATEGIC INVESTOR
TAX
TAX REGIME
TRACK
TRAFFIC
WAGONS
Budin, Karim-Jacques
Mitchell, Brigitta
The Abidjan-Ouagadougou Railway Concession
geographic_facet Africa
relation Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 140
description Since the 1980s, most Sub-Saharan African railways have been experiencing a severe crisis: declining traffic and revenue, lack of market orientation and poor service, continued operation of high-loss passenger services, poor maintenance, gross overstaffing, lack of technical and financial discipline, and heavy financial losses. Attempts to 'restructure' railways as public entities have generally failed. Involvement of the private sector in railway operations under a concession arrangement now seems to be a promising tool for transforming railways into business-oriented enterprises. The concession technique, successfully applied in Latin America, was used for the first time in Sub-Saharan Africa in Cote d'Ivoire and Burkina, who jointly concessioned the Abidjan-Ouagadougou railway to a private operator in December 1994.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Budin, Karim-Jacques
Mitchell, Brigitta
author_facet Budin, Karim-Jacques
Mitchell, Brigitta
author_sort Budin, Karim-Jacques
title The Abidjan-Ouagadougou Railway Concession
title_short The Abidjan-Ouagadougou Railway Concession
title_full The Abidjan-Ouagadougou Railway Concession
title_fullStr The Abidjan-Ouagadougou Railway Concession
title_full_unstemmed The Abidjan-Ouagadougou Railway Concession
title_sort abidjan-ouagadougou railway concession
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1999/08/12586799/abidjan-ouagadougou-railway-concession
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9859
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