Kenya : Transport Sector Memorandum, Volume 2. Sector Papers
This Memorandum is intended to initiate discussion regarding the appropriate infrastructure strategy and policy direction which will lead to a sustainable transport sector which provides access for people and goods within Kenya and integrates Kenya...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2013
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/2487589/kenya-transport-sector-memorandum-vol-2-3-sector-papers http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14627 |
| Summary: | This Memorandum is intended to initiate
discussion regarding the appropriate infrastructure strategy
and policy direction which will lead to a sustainable
transport sector which provides access for people and goods
within Kenya and integrates Kenya into the global economy.
Unless these two objectives are achieved, the prospects for
substantial and continuing social and economic development
in Kenya are limired. Large segments of Kenya's
population will remain isolated in the rural areas, and the
economy will continue as a producer of primary commodities
and basic manufactues for domestic and perhaps regional
consumption. The report states as the first and most
important action to reverse the deterioration in the
transport sector, a very major change in the philosophic
approach of politicians to the sector is needed. They have
to start to treat infrastructure as integral to the economic
rather than the political process. Beyond this overarching
change in approach, the following should also be considered
as needed steps for implementing the strategy: increase
private sector investment and management in the ports,
airports, railways, and roads systems; reduce the role of
the public sector in day-to-day management while retaining
core functions for all modes of transportation and
increasing public funding; and in terms of financing, rely
on performance contracting under either maintenance
concessions or long-term performance-based contracts. |
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