Railway Reform: Toolkit For Improving Rail Sector Performance

Acknowledgement

Acknowledgement is due to the many contributors who contributed to Railway Reform: Toolkit for Improving Rail Sector Performance.

Financial support was provided through grants from the Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) and the Transport Research Support Program (TRSP). Clemencia Torres de Mastle of PPIAF and Jacqueline Dubow of TRS are gratefully acknowledged for their support throughout the project.

The World Bank coordinating team was led by Martha Lawrence (Senior Transport Specialist) and included Vasile Olievschi (Lead Railway Specialist), Jukka-Pekka Strand (Financial Analyst) and Vickram Cuttaree (Senior Infrastructure Economist).

Authors include Paul Amos, Karim-Jacques Budin, Richard Bullock, Jeremy Drew, Henri Kuitunen, Martha Lawrence, Pedzisayi Makumbe, Vasile Olievschi, Robert Phillips, Jukka-Pekka Strand, Louis Thompson, and John Winner.

Guidance on content was provided by an expert team from the World Bank: Michel Bellier, Pierre Pozzo di Borgo, Victoria Hilda Rigby Delmon, Benedictus Eijbergen, Ralf-Michael Kaltheier, Jorge M. Rebelo, John Carter Scales, and G. George Tharakan. Helpful input was also provided by Jean-Charles Crochet, Robin Carruthers, Henry Des Longchamps, Maria Carolina Monsalve and Reindert Westra. Anita Shrestha reviewed the financial model. Marc Juhel and Henry Kerali, World Bank Transport Sector Managers, provided overall supervision and quality control.

Jean-Pierre Loubinoux, the General Director of UIC (The International Union of Railways) and Johannes Ludewig, the Executive Director of CER (The Community of European Railways and Infrastructure Companies) provided useful input at all stages of development and support in dissemination.

Bonita Brindley provided editorial support, Gimga Group provided graphic design and website development, and Operis Business Engineering Limited audited the financial model.