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 Rural Transport encompasses all the transport activities which take place at local government and community levels. It is composed of two elements, the rural transport services for passengers and freight by non-motorized and motorized means of transport, and rural transport infrastructure, mainly rural roads, tracks, trails, paths and footbridges, and in some cases rural waterways. The mission of the Rural Transport group is to improve the effectiveness and sustainability of rural transport investments by harnessing the knowledge of transport professionals and exploiting synergies through strategic networking with related groups' professionals.
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Rural Transport in Multi Sectoral and Community Driven Projects (517KB PDF). This Note, which is also available in Spanish (541KB PDF), provides practical guidance on rural transport interventions in multi-sectoral and community driven projects.
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 WB TP No. 525 Improving Rural Mobility: Options for Developing Motorized and Nonmotorized Transport in Rural Areas (821KB PDF). Rural poverty is pervasive and difficult to address. Improving mobility can reduce rural poverty by facilitating women, men, and children to more readily access services (education, health, finance, markets), obtain goods and income, and participate in social, political and community activities. IFRTD has initiated regional workshops based upon the issues raised in this paper. To date, the workshops have taken place in India, Tanzania, and Asia. A fourth workshop is planned in Latin America. To read more about the workshops, please visit the IFRTD Web site. More information on rural mobility, may also be found at the World Bank RT Services & Intermediate Means of Transport Web site.
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 WB TP No. 496 Design and Appraisal of Rural Transport Infrastructure (1,802KB PDF). The purpose of this paper is to assist rural transport planners, rural road agencies, donor agencies, local governments, and communities in the design and appraisal of rural transport infrastructure (RTI) interventions. It especially focuses on how RTI can contribute to poverty reduction. See also the Design & Appraisal of RTI knowledge base.
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The above two publications are two of four papers on rural transport developed by the World Bank's Rural Transport Thematic Group. The other two publications are WB Technical Paper No. 411 Options for Managing and Financing Rural Transport Infrastructure (825KB PDF) and Developing Rural Transport Policies and Strategies (in preparation).
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Rural Transport in Multi Sectoral and Community Driven Projects (517KB PDF)
 This new Note, which is now available in Spanish (541KB PDF), provides practical guidance on rural transport interventions in multi-sectoral and community driven projects. It is targeted at people and agencies involved with physical access issues at the community and local government levels. |
IFRTD's Forum News
 This quarterly newsletter is available in Acrobat (pdf) format from the millennium issue onwards. You will need Acrobat Reader to view the newsletter. Previous editions are available as html downloads. French and Spanish language versions are also available online. |
Transport-Links
This site presents information about transport-related matters arising out of the UK Department for International Development's (DFID) programme of aid to developing countries.
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