Mobility of goods and people in rural Haiti is constrained by the sparce road network and low maintenance of existing infrastructure. These challenges are further exacerbated by frequent natural disasters...
Located in the Caribbean Sea Haiti is approximately 28,000 square kilometers. Haiti occupies the western third of the island of Hispaniola (La Isla Espanola); and the Dominican Republic which occupies...
Located in the Caribbean Sea Haiti is approximately 28,000 square kilometers. Haiti occupies the western third of the island of Hispaniola (La Isla Espanola); and the Dominican Republic which occupies...
Welcome to Mobility and Development: Innovations, Policies, and Practices, an online periodical launched by the World Bank's Transport Global Practice to disseminate policy-oriented and practice-ready...
In recent years, researchers have demonstrated that digital footprints from mobile phones can be exploited to generate data that are useful for transport planning, disaster response, and other development...
This project, ‘Institutional Capacity Review and Target Setting for road geohazards Management’ aims at assessing the current capability of various key institutional actors, but primarily the Sierra Leone...
Transport connectivity in Cambodia is challenged by its geography and exposure to recurrent flooding. Flood events create severe disruptions in segments of the transport network that undermine access to...
Sierra Leone is one of sub-Saharan Africa’s poorest countries, and one of most vulnerable to climate change. Its capital, Freetown, is central to the country’s economic development. Freetown has 14 percent...
Climate change is set to have profound effects on Vietnam’s development. With nearly sixty percent of its land area and seventy percent of population at risk of multiple natural hazards, Vietnam globally...
Climate change is set to have profound effects on Vietnam’s development. With nearly sixty percent of its land area and seventy percent of population at risk of multiple natural hazards, Vietnam globally...
Reliable transport infrastructure is one of the backbones of a prosperous economy, providingaccess to markets, jobs and social services. Sustainable Development Goal 9 (SDG9) calls forincreased access...
This report consolidates the findings and recommendations from studies on climate resilient road assets in Albania, financed through a grant provided by the Global facility for disaster reduction and recovery...
This paper presents a methodology to identify key priority areas for transport investments. The methodology uses a geospatial data-driven approach and then proposes an innovative economic analysis for...
This report examines the impact of rural connectivity on poverty, access to basic services, and income in Armenia, a country which has found itself in a low-growth, low-investment nexus, with stalled poverty...