The study focuses on the organizational,technical, and management issues associated with therestructuring, and commercialization of Road Agencies inseven countries: Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana,Namibia, Tanzania, and South Africa. The overall aim of thiswork is to deepen the understanding of good practice inorder to provide Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Program(SSATP) partner countries with the guidance they need to setup or restructure Road Authorities in Sub-Saharan Africa. Tothis end, the main objectives are to: (1) identify some keyissues and constraints surrounding the operation andmanagement of Road Authorities, and (2) put forward somebasic guidelines for increasing the managerial effectivenessand efficiency of Road Authorities. The remainder of thisreport is structured as follows. Chapter two provides aninternational perspective on restructuring road agencies interms of best practice approaches. Chapter three highlightsthe fundamental principles that should be adopted forachieving sound road management practices within a RoadAuthority. Chapter four then reviews country-specificexperiences pertaining to the progress made in thecommercialization of the road management practices of roadagencies. Finally, chapter five presents the main findings,conclusions, and recommendations of the study. Appendixes Aand B are devoted to an evaluation framework and performanceindicators, respectively.