Regulatory reform in transport : some recent experiences /

The markets for transport services have been traditionally the subject of government regulation and public ownership. Rate regulation in the railways, entry restriction in the trucking industry, minimum levels of service for urban buses and cargo reservation for shipping are examples of regulatory c...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Banco Mundial
Other Authors: Carbajo, José, ed
Format: Book
Published: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 1993
Series:A World Bank symposium
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Contributors
  • Introduction and summary / José Carbajo
  • 1. Regulatory reform of transport / Thomas Gale Moore
  • 2. Deregulation of shipping: lessons from Chile / Esra Bennathan
  • 3. The evolution of railroad regulation in the United States / Louis Thompson
  • 4. The recovery of the railroad in Uruguay / Juan Berchesi
  • 5. Bus deregulation in the United Kingdom / Stephen Galister
  • 6. Transit bus privatization and deregulation around the world: some perspectives and lessons / John R. Meyer and José A. Gómez-Ibañez
  • 7. The political framework of regulatory reform of transport enterprises: bus and truck deregulation in Chile / Robert T. Brown
  • 8. Trucking deregulation in Mexico / Arturo Fernández
  • 9. The case of trucking in Sub-Saharan Africa: what deregulation? / Alain Bonnafous.