Rail Privatisation Rolls Across the African Continent
AFRICA’s railways are undergoing a profound transformation. In the early to mid-1990s, all 34 railways in Africa were owned and operated by their respective governments. Since then, 13 state-run railways have been successfully concessioned to private operators. Another 12 railways are at various stages of their transformation to private management.
The above excerpt is from an article by Marc-André Roy and Peter Kieran published in the March 2006 issue of the International Railway Journal. Read the article.
New Planning Tool Helps Enable Private Sector Participation in
Transit Projects
An article written by Seán McDonnell of CPCS was featured as a guest article in the May 2006 edition of Transport Innovator. To view the article about the Urban Bus Toolkit that CPCS has developed for the World Bank, please click here.
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