TRUCKING IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: WHAT DEREGULATION?

This paper is based on the findings of a study on trucking costs that was conducted in 1988 and 1989 in Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, and Mali, as part of the effort of the Sub-Saharian Africa Transport Program (SSATP). The study included two surveys. The first was a statistical survey on prices, which involved 500 shipments in each of the three countries. The second was an in-depth survey of transporters and several other agents in the system (about sixty interviews per country), which was used to construct the cost components and led to a better understanding of how the market operated. In addition to the statistical survey on prices and the in-depth survey of costs, this paper draws from discussions at a 1989 seminar in Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire. This seminar provided an opportunity to present the survey findings to the agents in the transportation system: shippers, transporters, and government officials.

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• Authors:
  • Bonnafous, A
• Publication Date: 1993

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 106-111
• Serial:
  • Regulatory Reform in Transport: Some Recent Experiences
  • Publisher: World Bank

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost finding; Deregulation; Prices; Statistical sampling; Surveys; Trucking
• Geographic Terms: Africa; Cameroon; Mali; Sub-Saharan Africa
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Freight Transportation; Motor Carriers; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00762308
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0821323318
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 15 1999 12:00AM