Key Readings and Presentations

• TP-8: Results of Railway Privatization in Africa��(PDF 386KB)
  Richard Bullock, September 2005�
  This is one of series of independent reviews of rail privatization experience commissioned by the World Bank's Transport and Urban Development Department. The author, Richard Bullock, gives his own view of the results of rail privatization in Africa. The Report judges the impact of privatization on operational efficiency, services, investment and other impacts.The paper is published as an input to debate in an area of public policy that is of interest to many developing countries.
  
  

• TP-7: Results of Railway Privatization in Australia and New Zealand��(PDF 728KB)
  Robert Williams, David Greig, Ian Wallis,�September 2005
  This is one of series of independent reviews of rail privatization experience commissioned by the World Bank's Transport and Urban Development Department. The authors, Robert Williams, David Greig and Ian Wallis, give their own view of the results of rail privatization in Australia and New Zealand.. The Report judges the impact of privatization on operational efficiency, services, investment and other impacts. The cases covered include the separate trade sales of seven previously state-owned railway networks plus four public private partnerships (PPP). The paper is published as an input to debate in an area of public policy that is of interest to many developing countries.

• TP-6: Results of Railway Privatization in Latin America (PDF 1,847KB)Richard Sharp,�September 2005
  This is one of series of independent reviews of rail privatization experience commissioned by the World Bank's Transport and Urban Development Department. In the Note, consultant Richard Sharp gives his view of the results of rail privatization in Latin America. The Report judges the impact of privatization on operational efficiency, services, investment and other impacts. Countries covered include Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Bolivia, Chile, Peru and Colombia. The paper is published as an input to debate in an area of public policy that is of interest to many developing countries.

• Can Private Rail Concessions be Part of the Solution?�(PDF 212 KB) Presentation by Jit Bajpai, Sector Director, East Asia and the Pacific Region, World Bank, on urban rail concessions in Manila, Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok. Urban Transport Day at Transport Forum 2005, World Bank, March 11, 2005.
  
  
• Presentations from Railways Dayat Transport Forum 2005, World Bank, March 10, 2005.
  
  
• TP-4: Reform, Commercialization and Private Sector Participation in Railways in Eastern Europe and Central Asia� (PDF 373KB).� �Paul Amos, January 2005.
  This review of the rail sector in ECA will form an input to the wider regional infrastructure review, but is also published separately as it may be of specific interest to rail policy makers and industry leaders in the region.
  
  

• TP-2: Privatizing British Railways: Are There Lessons for the World Bank and Its Borrowers?� (PDF 1,068KB).� �Louis S. Thompson, September 2004. Authored by Lou Thompson, recently retired as the World Bank's Railways Adviser, this paper was written to see what lessons Britain�s experience of rail privatization might have for the Bank�s client countries
  
  

• Presentation to the Minnesota Agri-Growth Council Meeting(PDF�989 KB).�Louis S. Thompson, Railways Adviser, World Bank, held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 21, 2002.
  
  
• Restructuring of China Railways: Implications for India(PDF 3.6 MB)�. Louis S. Thompson, Railways Adviser, World Bank, held in New Delhi, India, March 1, 2002.
  
  
• Topics in Chinese Railway Reform.
  
  
  1. OECD Presentation, January 2002
     Part 1: Directions of Railway Reform� (PDF 2 MB)
     Part II: Transition Challenges in Chinese Railway Reform�(PDF 2.5 MB)
     
     
  2. Minister Fu Briefing in Beijing, March 2000 (Chinese and English version)
     Railway Restructuring in China: The Great Railway Challenge�(PDF 850 KB)
     
     
  3. Article in Railway Economics Research, Economics and Planning Research Institute of China, February 2000
     Railway Reform in China: The Great Railway Challenge�(PDF 42 KB)
     Louis S.Thompson, Hennie Deboeck and Richard Spero
  
  
• European Railways as seen from the Rest of the World�(PDF 5 MB). Dupuit Lecture, Louis S. Thompson, Railways Adviser, World Bank held in Paris, December 5, 2001.
  
  
• Directions of Railway Reform�(PDF 464 KB). International Railway Congress Association meeting held in Vienna, Austria, September 25 to 28, 2001.
  
  
• European Transport Conference, September 2001.�Private Investment in Railways: Experience from South and North America, Africa and New Zealand�(PDF 549 KB). Louis S. Thompson, Railways Adviser, The World Bank, Karim-Jacques Budin, Lead Railway Specialist, The World Bank and Antonio Estache, Lead Specialist, The World Bank.
  
  
• European Conference of Ministers of Transport�(PDF 435 KB),�held in Cambridge England, September 12 to 13, 2001.
  
  
• Proceedings of a workshop�Better Ways to Deliver and Fund Regional and Suburban Passenger Rail Services, held in Colmar, France, June 13 to 15, 2001.
  
  
• Louis S. Thompson,�Investment Issues and Analysis in Concessioned Railways: Experience in the Argentine Freight Concessions�(PDF 185 KB), Rail Business International (Rail Gazette), January 2001.
  
  
• Railway Restructuring Experiences�(PDF 777 KB). Presentation by Louis S. Thompson in New Delhi, India, February 18, 2000.
  
  
• PRWP-2096. Reforming the Urban Transport Sector in the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region: A Case Study in Concessions�(PDF 50 KB). Jorge M. Rebelo, April 1999.
  
  
• Viewpoint No. 183 Rail and Subway Concessions in Rio de Janeiro: Designing contracts and bidding processes�(PDF 200 KB), Jorge M. Rebelo April, 1999.
  
  
• On Track Toward Railways Restructuring: Recent Achievements and Experience. What Are The Trends?�(PDF 59 KB) �Presentation by Louis S. Thompson at Estonian Railways Seminar 1999.
  
  
• Brazil Railways Staff Retrenchment Program�(PDF 25 KB). Briefing by Jacques Cellier on Labor Redundancy in Brazil, January 15, 1998.
  
  
• Railways Concessioning Results�(PDF�43 KB). Presentation by Louis S. Thompson.
  
  
• Louis S. Thompson,�The Benefits of Separating Rail Infrastructure from Operations,� World Bank Viewpoint Note No. 135, December, 1997.
  
  
• Louis S. Thompson and Karim-Jacques Budin,�Global Trend to Railway Concessions Delivering Positive Results�(PDF 200 KB). World Bank Viewpoint Note No. 134, December, 1997.
  
  
• Nicola Shaw, Kenneth Gwilliam and Louis S. Thompson, �Concessions in Transport, "Main Text�(PDF�118 KB), and�Appendix�(PDF 179 KB). World Bank, Discussion Paper Series No. TWU 27, October, 1996.
  
  
• Ron Kopicki and Louis S. Thompson,�Best Methods of Railway Restructuring and Privatization�(PDF 6.2 MB). World Bank, CFS Discussion Paper Series, Number 111, August 1995.
  
  
• Louis S. Thompson, High Speed Rail (HSR) in the United States: Why isn't there more?�(PDF 2.7 MB). �Article in Japan Railway and Transport Review, October 1994.
  
  
• Brigitta Mitchell and Karim-Jacques Budin,�The Abidjan-Ouagadougou Railway Concession�(PDF 51 KB). World Bank Infrastructure Note, RW-14, January 1997.
  
  
• Alice Galenson and Louis S. Thompson,�The Evolution of the World Bank's Railway Lending�(PDF 7.8 MB).�World Bank, World Bank Discussion Paper, No. 269, 1994.
  
  
• Julia Fraser and Louis S. Thompson,�Purchasing Power Parity Adjusted Railway Performance�(PDF 51 KB). �World Bank Infrastructure Note No. RW-9, December, 1994.
  
  
• Kenneth Gwilliam, Louis S. Thompson and Zmarak Shalizi,�Railways, Energy and the Environment��(PDF�1.4 MB). World Bank, TWU 6, March, 1994.
  
  
• Alice Galenson and Louis S. Thompson,�Forms of Private Sector Participation in Railways��(PDF 1.3 MB). World Bank, TWU 9, December, 1993.
  
  
• Jorge M. Rebelo,�Economic Evaluation of Freight Car (Wagon) Management Control Systems�(PDF 51 KB). World Bank Infrastructure Note No. RW-8� December 1993.
  
  
• Julia Fraser and Louis S. Thompson,�World Bank's Railways Database�(PDF 51 KB).�World Bank Infrastructure Note No. RW-6, October, 1993.
  
  
• Alice Galenson and Louis S. Thompson,�Forms of Private Sector Participation in Railways�(PDF 51 KB). World Bank Infrastructure Note No. RW-5, June, 1993.
  
  
• Philip W. Blackshaw and Louis S. Thompson,�Railway Reform in the Central and Eastern European Economies�(PDF 1.7 MB). World Bank, WPS 1137, May, 1993.
  
  
• Jane Holt, [with Hans Peters and Louis S. Thompson as acknowledged but unlisted authors], �ransport Strategies for the Russian Federation(PDF 19.6 MB). World Bank, Studies of Economies in Transformation, No. 9, 1993.
  
  
• Louis S. Thompson,�The Evolution of Railroad Regulation in the USin Regulatory Reform in Transport, Some Recent Experiences (PDF 8.9 MB) edited by Jose Carbajo. World Bank Symposium Paper, 1993.
  
  
• Esra Bennathan, Julia Fraser and Louis S. Thompson,�What Determines Demand for Freight Transport�(PDF 2.8 MB). World Bank, WPS 998, October, 1992.
  
  
• Neil E. Moyer and Louis S. Thompson,�Options for Reshaping the Railway(PDF 5.2 MB). World Bank, WPS 926, June, 1992.
  
  
• Esra Bennathan and Louis S. Thompson,�Privatization Problems at Industry Level: Road Haulage in Central Europe�(PDF 4.6 MB). World Bank Discussion Paper No. 182, 1992.
  
  
• Esra Bennathan, Jeffrey Gutman and Louis S. Thompson,�Reforming and Privatizing Hungary's Road Haulage�(PDF 2.9 MB). World Bank, WPS 790, October 1991.
  
  
• Esra Bennathan, Jeffrey Gutman and Louis S. Thompson,�Reforming and Privatizing Poland's Road Freight Industry�(PDF 51 K3.9 MB). World Bank, WPS 750, August 1991.�