This program trained contractors in labor-based methods in the local road contracting industry in Ghana in order to produce gravel roads of equal quality to equipment-based methods, and generate rural...
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...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 16119Date: October 31, 1996Author:
Gwilliam, Kenneth M. ;
Scurfied, Richard G.
The Urban Air Quality Management Strategy, or URBAIR aims to assist in the design, and implementation of policies, monitoring, and management tools to restore air quality in the major Asian metropolitan...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 26302Date: October 31, 1996Author:
Larssen ;
Nagpal, Tanvi [editors] ;
Shah, Jitendra
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...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 18930Date: October 31, 1996Author:
Gwilliam, Kenneth M. ;
Shalizi, Zmarak M.
This report aims to assist policymakers in designing and implementing policies, in monitoring and devising management tools to restore air quality in Mumbai (Bombay), India's financial and commercial capital....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 26304Date: October 31, 1996Author:
Aundhe, Rajiv V. ;
Gram, Frederick ;
Hagen, Leif Otto ;
Jansen, Huib ;
Joglekar, Ulhas ;
Larssen, Steinar ;
Nagpal, Tanvi [editors] ;
Olsthoorn, Xander ;
Shah, Jitendra J.
This paper, prepared under the Rural Travel and Transport Project (RTTP) of the sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Program (SSATP) focuses on local level transport in rural Africa. Households surveys...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP344Date: October 31, 1996Author:
BARWELL, IAN J.
This report describes the barriers that hinder intermodal transport in China and presents a policy framework against which the country can develop an efficient and market-oriented system. The report finds...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 15303Date: October 10, 1996
Larger and more diverse cities are a sign of Asia's increasingly dynamic economies. Yet this growth has come at a cost. Swelling urban populations and increased concentration of industry and automotive...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 52906Date: October 1, 1996Author:
Gram, Frederick ;
Gronskei, Knut Erik ;
Hagen, Leif Otto ;
Larssen, Steinar
A transport system responsive to needs is recognized as a major prerequisite for the social and economic development of rural areas. In Sub-Saharan Africa, the rural transport system are, in general, in...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 27221Date: October 1, 1996Author:
I.T. Transport Ltd
Transport Infrastructure (RTI) - its "public goods "nature - was identified as the primary reason why governments and, therefore, planners must be involved in providing it. The concept of a "public service...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 27220Date: October 1, 1996Author:
Ed Connerley, and Larry Schroeder
The Kazakh economy is the most freight transport-intensive in the world. Yet, as shown in this report, the performance of Kazakstan's transport sector has declined steadily since the late 1980s, with...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 15020Date: September 30, 1996
Argentina privatized many of its railway services by concession contract during the early 1990s. The reforms have been remarkable for their speed and innovation - despite the complexity of the issues...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 16877Date: September 30, 1996Author:
Carbajo, Jose ;
Estache, Antonio
The Kazakh economy is the most freight transport-intensive in the world. Yet, as shown in this report, the performance of Kazakstan's transport sector has declined steadily since the late 1980s, with...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 15020Date: September 30, 1996
This paper synthesizes the thoughts and ideas expressed during the discussions of the High-Level Roundtable on the Business Environment for Foreign Direct Investment in Infrastructure in Central and Eastern...
Type: PublicationReport#: 16012Date: September 30, 1996Author:
Carter, Laurence ;
Holtedahl, Pernill ;
Sader, Frank
Design and application of institutional development components of highway projects should be carefully tailored to the nature of the road institutions concerned and the problems that they face. In the...
Type: BriefReport#: 21110Date: September 30, 1996Author:
Lundebeye, Stein ;
Seth, Subhash C.
In an ideal world, government dissatisfaction with the distribution of income would be dealt with by lump sum money transfers within the fiscal system. In such a world, public transport would simply be...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 127025Date: September 1, 1996Author:
Gwilliam, K. M.
Before financing major urban transport projects, decisionmakers should attempt to put in place the basic elements for long-term sustainability of the sector. Specifically, the author contends that each...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS1633Date: August 31, 1996Author:
Rebelo, Jorge M.
This Bibliography of Publications of the Technical Department, Africa Region of the World Bank makes available a complete list of all formal and informal publications produced by the staff and consultants...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP329Date: August 31, 1996Author:
Mohan, P.C. [editor]
Lead is one of the most potent neurotoxins in the environment, posing an immediate and widespread risk. Decisionmakers in an increasing number of countries have recognized that eliminating the use of lead...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 18305Date: August 31, 1996Author:
Lovei, Magda
This note describes the current state of the transport sector in Uruguay, focusing on the activities of MTOP (Ministry of Transport and Public Works) and of the main state enterprises in the sector, as...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 17411Date: August 31, 1996Author:
Rebelo, Jorge M.
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