This paper, prepared by the Private Sector Development Department at the initiative of the Africa Technical Department of the World Bank, examines the promise and challenge of infrastructure privatization in Sub-Saharan Africa, with particular emphasis on power, telecommunications, water, rail,...

Privatization has been the basic direction of reform in transitional economies. In implementing this process, however, policy makers overlooked the problems of the remaining public enterprises, mainly public utilities and natural resource-based industries which often include declining...

Ineffective rural transport services are a major obstacle to economic and social development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Alleviating poverty requires improved access to social and economic facilities. And, in turn, improving access hinges on better transport infractructure, including roads, tracks,...

In developing and transition economies 60 to 80 % of all passenger and freight transport moves by road, and roads provide the main from of access to most rural communities. Yet most of the 11 million kilometers of roads in these countries are poorly managed and badly maintained.

The objective of this paper is to analyze the conditions needed to achieve sustainable private sector growth in the Visegrad countries. The analyzes focuses on (i) the "enabling" environment (legal and regulatory framework, institutional capacity); (ii) privatization of state enterprises; and...

The central objective of the research summarized in this report was to explore the ways and means of reforming State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) to achieve efficiency, profitability and accountability. Specifically, this project sought to: (i) survey international experience in SOE reform; (ii)...

This monograph contains the proceedings of a high-level workshop on "International Experience in Case-by-Case Privatization: Lessons for the Russian Federation" that was held in ST.Petersburg, Russia in July 1997. Against the backdrop of Russia's mass voucher privatization initiative in 1993-94...

Chapter 1 of this paper argues that punlic sector resources in developing countries are insufficient to finance demand for investment in increasingly integrated infrastructure services. Chapter 2 discusses the role of reforms in public enterprises providing infrastructure services. Chapter 3...

Drawing on global experience, this paper provides practical guidance to government officials charged with managing case-by-case privatization programs. It identifies the five key steps in case-by-case privatization, describes sale options and the processes for carrying them out, and examines...