In 1996, Sri Lanka had a mixed public and private system bus, with about a third of passengers carried by public companies, and two-thirds of private. Private buses do not earn enough from passenger fees to replace their buses and as a result there were many complaints of overcrowding and security issues. Buses do that to a large extent because they have free shuttle buses from the state. Improving bus important to the country, with around 80 percent of motorized passenger transport by bus. The government is considering a variety of reforms, including tariff increases and the consolidation of small public and private operators. This case can be used for policy discussion and justification for deregulation and privatization. And the case describes a 90-year history of privatization, nationalization and re-privatization of the bus industry. HKS Case Number 1377.0. "Hide
by Jose Gomez-Ibanez 39 pages. Publication Date: January 1, 1997. Prod. #: HKS058-PDF-ENG
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