Title: Port reform in Nigeria
Language: English
Type: Document
Nature: Institution
Published: March 1, 2007
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Country: Nigeria
Keywords: About PPP, Transport
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Document Summary:
Over a two-year period, beginning in late 2004, the Nigerian federal government implemented one of the most ambitious port concessioning programs ever attempted. The success of this program resulted from the government’s vision and decisiveness, as well as the need to remedy massive shortcomings in the sector, which were sharply inhibiting economic development. But the program also benefited strongly from policy reform recommendations made by PPIAF-funded consultants in 2002. The role of these “upstream” policy and planning recommendations highlights the value of best practice steps for creating an enabling environment in which sustainable arrangements for the private participation in infrastructure can be concluded.
Document Details:
Port reform in Nigeria
Upstream policy reforms kick-start one of the world’s largest concession programs
Author: James Leigland and Gylfi Palsson
Updated: June 13, 2022