Railway Concessions : Heading Down the Right Track in Argentina

Carbajo, José ; Estache, Antonio

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: BUS SERVICES;    CANT;    COMMUTER RAIL;    CONCESSION;    CONCESSION AGREEMENTS;   

RP-ID  :  16877

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Argentina privatized many of its railwayservices by concession contract during the early 1990s.Thereforms have been remarkable for their speed and innovation- despite the complexity of the issues and the lack of"off-the-shelf" models to follow at the time.Theoverall result has been positive.Many services haveimproved.Traffic has grown-up about 180 million passengertrips a year.Subsidies have been cut dramatically - downfrom US$2 billion or so a year to a little more that US$100million.But as with any complex reform, there is anunfinished agenda.And with the Argentine approach becominga model for other countries in Latin America this review ofthe lessons starting to emerge from the reform experience isa timely one.