The implications of liberalisation on urban passenger transport in

Yaounde in the 1990s.

Presentation

• Failure of state run bus company in 1990s• Pressure from IMF/WB• Liquidation of SOTUC in 1995• Enactment of liberal statutes and policy• Implementation of new policy since 1995 • New modes of transport• Mobility problems persist • Conclusions and suggestions

Failure of state run bus company in 1990s

• Sotuc 1973 to 1995 • Poor management

Pressure from IMF/WB

• Structural adjustment policy• Conditionalities of development aid• Neo liberalism as dominant doctrine• Privatisation and deregulation

Liquidation of SOTUC in 1995

• Yaounde has no bus public transport • Para transit modes as gap fillers• Illegal and clandestine transport• Urban mobility hit by shortage• Infrastructure decay and inappropriate

Enactment of liberal statutes and policy

• Two dozen statutes aim to liberalise and deregulate urban transport passed

• States authorise transport by motorcycle

Implementation of new policy since 1995

• Powerful stakeholders influence• Form alliances• Governance problems

New modes of transport

• Motorcycle• PPP bus since 2007

Mobility problems persist

• Infrastructure• Law enforcement• Environmental issues• Governance• New technology

Conclusion and suggestions

• Similarities exists in mobility problems of African cities

• Cooperation• Best practices