JOURNAL OF BUSINESS DIVERSITY
Public and Private Management of Sub-Saharan African Railways Companies: A Comparative Analysis of Technical Efficiency
Author(s): Augustin Mapapa Mbangala, Achraf Tarsim
Citation: Augustin Mapapa Mbangala, Achraf Tarsim, (2020) "Public and Private Management of Sub-Saharan African Railways Companies: A Comparative Analysis of Technical Efficiency," Journal of Business Diversity, Vol. 20, Iss. 5, pp. 84-97
Article Type: Research paper
Publisher: North American Business Press
Abstract:
The railway sector in Africa, facing recently different reforms, becomes progressively entirely controlled by private consortiums. Studying a panel of 16 sub-Saharan railways companies from between 1995 and 2005, we found private management had a positive effect on technical efficiency as measured by Data Envelopment Analysis. This approach also showed that public–private partnerships create several distortions in the sector, including the progressive abandonment of passenger transport.
