Transport policy issues in sub-Saharan Africa

This document reports on three meetings (roundtables) held in Rome, Italy, in April 1986 to discuss important transport policy issues in sub-Saharan Africa. A different grouping of countries participated in each roundtable, but the agenda was essentially the same for all three. Transport policy issues are prominent among economic questions in sub-Saharan Africa. Four particularly important questions were the foci of discussions in the roundtables: 1) economic prospects and transport sector resource allocation and utilization; 2) road maintenance ; 3) the management of transport parastatal enterprises; and 4) institutional development, training, and technical assistance. The objective of this series of roundtables was to bring together ministers and senior officials responsible for, and intimately connected with, transport in sub-Saharan Africa, to discuss ways to confront these issues and to exchange views with each other and with World Bank staff. Each chapter in this report comprises the essence of the presentation of the main issues given by Bank staff or consultants, followed by a summary of the discussions, and points of consensus.