Urban Transport Microenterprises in Abidjan

Urban Transport Microenterprises in Abidjan

This note analyses the organization, profitability, and financing of private mass transit services in Abidjan, with an emphasis on private companies operating minibuses commonly known as "gbakas". The Abidjan case study is part of a regio...

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Main Authors:	Amakoé Adoléhoumé, Alain Bonnafous
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	MASS TRANSIT PRIVATE TRANSPORT TRANSPORT MINIBUS BUSES TRANSIT SYSTEMS COMMUNITY TRANSPORT URBAN TRANSIT SYSTEMS URBAN TRANSPORT FINANCE TRANSPORT COSTS ACCIDENT RATE AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT BANKRUPTCY BANKS CAPITALS CARS CITIES CONGESTION DEBT DEFICITS DOWN PAYMENTS DRIVERS EQUITY CAPITAL EXTERNALITIES FARES FINANCIAL RESTRUCTURING FINANCING SOURCES FRAMEWORK INCOME MASS TRANSPORT MINIBUS SERVICES MINIBUSES MOBILITY MODAL SPLIT MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATING COSTS PAYBACK PERIOD PERIPHERAL DISTRICTS PROFITABILITY PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC URBAN TRANSPORT ROAD SAFETY ROUTES TAXIS TRAFFIC TRAFFIC NOISE TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SYSTEM TRANSPORTATION TRIP TRIPS URBAN MOBILITY URBAN TRAFFIC URBAN TRANSPORT URBAN TRANSPORT SECTOR USED VEHICLES VEHICLE OWNERS VEHICLE STOCK VEHICLES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/07/3226781/micro-entreprises-de-transport-urbain-abidjan-urban-transport-microenterprises-abidjan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9805

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Summary:	This note analyses the organization, profitability, and financing of private mass transit services in Abidjan, with an emphasis on private companies operating minibuses commonly known as "gbakas". The Abidjan case study is part of a regional study launched early in 1999 under the Urban Mobility Component of the SSATP covering four cities: Abidjan, Bamako, Harare and Nairobi. The regional study was carried out by SITRASS network (Solidarite Internationale sur les Transports et la Recherche en Afrique Subsaharienne).