Many inhabitants of rural areas in developing countries lack adequate and affordable access to transport infrastructure and services. Improving rural people's access to essential services requires better...
This paper describes and analyses the growth of private sector participation in public transport supply in the countries in the Former Soviet Union in which the World Bank has had recent sector involvement...
Rising incomes, ongoing urbanization and rapid suburbanization are placing increasing demands on most of the world's cities. With more vehicles making more trips over longer distances, urban transport...
This report presents an overview of the discussions held at the workshop. It does not attempt to elaborate on the entire content of the presentations. Instead, it presents highlights of the international...
The World Bank has financed only a handful of projects involving metros, mostly extension and/or rehabilitation, rather than new lines. The objective of this paper is to provide guidance on how metros...
It is estimated that over the next quarter century, fifty percent of the developing world population will be urbanized, while, increasingly, the urban poor, are experiencing the deprivation of basic infrastructure...
This paper considers world wide experience with a restricted range of the spectrum of options for private participation in the supply of transport infrastructure and services. That range, which is termed...
This paper considers world wide experience with a restricted range of the spectrum of options for private participation in the supply of transport infrastructure and services. That range, which is termed...
This paper considers how much regulatory reform may improve performance in urban public passenger transport and the nature of the regulatory reform necessary to achieve the greatest benefit. The report...
The United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) was held in Istanbul in June 1996. The transport division of the Word Bank organized and managed a dialogue on transport. This paper contains:...
Road related expenditures can be classified as: capital expenditures, financed through borrowing for the categories of construction and rehabilitation; or, current expenditures, for periodic and routine...
This note forms a part of a Bank-wide exercise undertaken by the central vice-presidencies to put the recommendations in the Wapenhaus Report into operation, and is addressed to all Bank staff engaged...
One of the most important demographic and social changes in Asia is rapid urbanization. High productivity and rising incomes in urban areas have resulted in pressing demands for motorized forms of mobility;...
In order to provide its borrowers with high-quality services, the Bank gives priority to ensuring that its staff are familiar with the best water supply practices throughout the world. Staff conducted...
Roads often bring significant economic and social benefits, but they can also have substantial negative impacts on communities and the natural environment. As we become more aware of these impacts, there...
This paper reviews the current air quality strategy being pursued in developed and developing country cities. The present strategy is essentially curative -stabilize emission amounts first and then reduce...
The provision of potable water and adequate sanitation is a basic development issue. It is central to the individual's health and well-being, and is by the same token, vital for industry and agriculture...
Two recent World Bank reports investigated past experience in transport and agriculture projects with rural road components, and drew some lessons for future practice. The Operations Evaluations Department...
This manual introduces the Highway Design and Maintenance Standard Model (HDM) Manager, a user-friendly shell environment for specific custom applications of HDM, a computer program for analyzing the total...
This paper addresses the question whether rail transport should be preferred over road-based modes because of its superior environmental characteristics, presumed to exist because rail is more energy efficient...
