Kenya ranked sixth in Africa for road transport openness
Kenya has an STRI score of 30.3, which measures restrictions imposed by a country’s regulatory and policy framework on trade in services, including road transport.
According to the World Bank's Services Trade Restrictions Index (STRI), Kenya is ranked sixth in Africa for the openness of its road freight transport services. The STRI score for Kenya stands at 30.3, which gauges the regulatory and policy hurdles that impede trade in services, including road transport. Rwanda takes the top spot with a score of 21, followed by Guinea-Bissau (25.4), Benin (25.7), Burundi (28), and Namibia (28.2).
The World Bank observed that Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, and several West African economies exhibit relatively open road freight services, as evidenced by their low STRI scores. The report highlighted that countries with varying degrees of openness often share common regional economic communities, border proximity, and reliance on the same transport corridors.
Libya and Lesotho topped the list with the highest STRI scores of 100, indicating the most restrictive road freight services regimes among the countries surveyed. Other nations with high scores included Cameroon (76), Algeria and Guinea (70.5 each), Mali (70.4), and Zambia (68.8). The World Bank pointed out that there can be regulatory obstacles to transporting freight across Africa.
These barriers may involve cabotage restrictions, limits on the duration foreign drivers can remain in transit countries, and, in certain cases, a complete prohibition on providing road freight services. Such regulatory barriers can differ significantly across countries.
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