The Thirteenth Meeting of the Coordinating Committee for the Road Management Initiative (RMI) and the Rural Travel and Transport Program (RTTP) of the Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Program (SSATP) was held in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, November 9 through 13, 1998. Participants took part in five days of deliberations, analysis, and exchange of experiences in their countries about the efforts addressed under the RMI and RTTP to improve transport conditions and efficiencies in African countries; to compare goals set in the preceding meeting held in Lome, Togo, in 1997, with results achieved so far; and to set items to be addressed during the next year and to be monitored at the next coordinating meeting(s) of the RMI and the RTTP.