A Strategy for Slovakia's Transport Sector


== Abstract ==

Slovakia’s transport sector has not             suffered from the dramatic reductions in demand and neglect             of its infrastructure that have afflicted many of its             neighbors. However, current under-maintenance is eating away             at the stock of transport infrastructure and is             unsustainable in anything more than the very short term. In             addition, despite good intentions, progress on             commercializing its transport operations has not progressed             far enough to put them in a strong position to confront the             pressures they will face when Slovakia enters the European             Union, hopefully at the beginning of 2004. There is now a             short window of opportunity to make good on deferred             maintenance, establish a more sustainable maintenance regime             and make good on the previous good intentions for             commercialization. The opportunity exists also for the             institutional structure of the sector to be revised so as to             better reflect the interests of transport users, reform the             way that infrastructure is financed and to systematically             eliminate the remaining regulatory protections given to             existing operators. The Strategy presented here shows how             these objectives can best be reached, and how the World Bank             can help bring them about. If the Strategy is implemented,             action will have been taken before there is a problem and             order will have been introduced before disorder takes over.


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