Open Skies for Africa: Implementing the Yamoussoukro Decision - Brossura

Schlumberger, Charles E.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0821382055 ISBN 13: 9780821382059

Casa editrice: World Bank, 2010

Riassunto

In Africa, where poor roads, ports, and railways often constrain efficient transportation, air transport holds great potential as a lever for economic growth and development. Yet Africa has suffered several decades of inefficient air services. Uncompetitive flag carriers, set up by newly independent African states, offered primarily intercontinental flights, while the domestic air service market remained underdeveloped and underserved. The 1999 pan-African treaty on liberalization of access to air transport markets, the Yamoussoukro Decision, attempted to address these shortcomings. Yet a decade later, only partial liberalization has been achieved.

Open Skies for Africa: Implementing the Yamoussoukro Decision reviews progress made in carrying out the treaty and suggests ways in which the liberalization process can be encouraged. The book analyzes the completed and still-pending steps toward implementation of the Yamoussoukro Decision, both on a pan-African level and within various regions. Special focus is given to the challenges posed by the poor aviation safety and security standards that exist in most African countries. Finally, the book measures the impact that certain policy steps of the Yamoussoukro Decision have had and evaluates the economic significance of air transportation and its full liberalization in Africa. The book concludes that the process of liberalizing African air services must continue, and provides policy recommendations for the way forward.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: World Bank
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0821382055
• ISBN 13: 9780821382059
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 238