The purpose of this study is to evaluate non-traditional means to raise additional private financing for the upgrade and maintenance of developing countries' road networks. To achieve this goal, it combines an in-depth review of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries' road funds' (RF) performance...

A number of states have used public-private partnerships (PPPs), usually funded at least partially by tolls, to manage highway or bridge projects. Whether to make more use of PPPs has been the subject of considerable debate. If PPPs are to improve social welfare through their management of...

This paper examines the private provision of road. One could imagine that private road commissions would act as a monopoly, charging prices in excess of competitive levels, restricting access to the roads, and failing to maintain their roads at a competitive standard. To analyze this claim, I...