Reforming and Restructuring Ukrzaliznytsia: A Crucial Task for Ukrainian Reformers

Russell Pittman

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Abstract: If the Ukrainian economy is to be successfully restructured going forward, a restructured railway system will have to be part of the picture. Ukraine’s economy depends on the production and sale of a number of bulk commodities, including coal, iron ore, steel, and agricultural products, that require shipment by rail in order to reach both domestic and export markets economically. In this paper we first discuss in more detail the crucial role that UZ plays in the Ukrainian economy. We follow with a survey of the world experience with railways restructuring: a large number of countries have already undertaken the task of converting aging government-owned monopoly railways into more dynamic and competitive transport enterprises, and their experience in very diverse settings may have important lessons to offer. We then examine the current state of rail reform plans in Ukraine. We conclude with discussions of an alternative path forward that seems most likely to be successful in Ukraine, based on both the experience elsewhere and the country’s current situation.

Keywords: Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia); railways; reform; restructuring; vertical separation; horizontal separation; competition; investment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L43 L92 P31 R42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-12-01
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