Public and Private Management of Sub-Saharan African Railways  Companies: A Comparative Analysis of Technical Efficiency

Augustin Mapapa Mbangala; Achraf Tarsim

doi:10.33423/jbd.v20i5.3931

Public and Private Management of Sub-Saharan African Railways Companies: A Comparative Analysis of Technical Efficiency

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Augustin Mapapa Mbangala Kinshasa Higher Institute of Commerce (ISC-Kinshasa), DRC
Achraf Tarsim African Development Bank Group, Tunisia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33423/jbd.v20i5.3931

Keywords:

business diversity, sub-Saharan Africa railways, public management, private management - DEA

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.

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2020-12-30

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Mbangala, A. M., & Tarsim, A. (2020). Public and Private Management of Sub-Saharan African Railways Companies: A Comparative Analysis of Technical Efficiency. Journal of Business Diversity, 20(5). https://doi.org/10.33423/jbd.v20i5.3931

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Vol. 20 No. 5 (2020)

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