Road Sector Reform: A Tale of Two Countries--(Part 2) Burkina Faso: Deliberate Evolution
The note is the second part of a series intended to share information about issues raised in various Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Program (SSATP) reports, and it addresses Burkina Faso's…
December 31, 1996
Rural Transport Planning: Approach Paper
The paper argues that central governments must take a number of national policy actions if they are to significantly improve rural access. Policies which articulate a high priority for rural access…
October 01, 1996
Trade and Transport Facilitation- A Review of Current Issues and Operational Experience
This joint World Bank/UNCTAD review proposes ways and means to improve the competitiveness of a country's international trade by: increasing the quality and reducing the associated costs of…
May 31, 1996
Promoting Policy Reforms for Effective Transport Services in COMESA Countries
Concerned by the poor state of the road network in most of its member countries, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has been promoting reforms to help regional integration for…
May 01, 1996
Maritime Transport Serving West and Central African Countries: Trends and Issues
In June 1992, MINCONMAR (Ministerial Conference of Western and Central Africa) and the Bank organized the Cotonou Conference to review the situation and identify options for reform. The Conference…
August 01, 1995
African Road Funds: What Works and Why?
This paper reviews experience with the operation of selected African road funds. Although most African road funds suffer from systematic problems, this review identifies examples of best practice and…
February 28, 1995
Management and Financing of Roads: An Agenda for Reform
Road transport is the dominant mode of transport in sub-Saharan Africa, carrying close to 90 percent of the region's passenger and freight transport, and providing the only access to rural…
February 28, 1995
Shipping Services in Western and Central African Countries -- Cotonou, June 1992
August 31, 1994
Case Study on Intermediate Means of Transport: Bicycles and Rural Women in Uganda - Part Six
February 01, 1994
Case Study on the Role of Women in Rural Transport: Access of Women to Domestic Facilities
In rural Africa it is women who bear the greater part of the transport burden. Understanding their transport patterns is a first step in aiming to reduce their onerous task. Comprehensive village-…
February 01, 1994
Case Study on Intermediate Means of Transport: Bicycles and Rural Women in Uganda
The present case study documents the use of bicycles in eastern Uganda where they are a means of generating income for rural traders and for urban poor who work as bicycle taxi-riders. It also…
February 01, 1994
Case Study on Intermediate Means of Transport -- Bicycles and Rural Women in Uganda -- Part Five
February 01, 1994
Case Study on Intermediate Means of Transport -- Bicycles and Rural Women in Uganda -- Part I
January 31, 1994
Case Study on Intermediate Means of Transport -- Bicycles and Rural Women in Uganda -- Part Four
January 31, 1994
Case Study on Intermediate Means of Transport -- Bicycles and Rural Women in Uganda -- Part II
January 31, 1994
Case Study on Intermediate Means of Transport -- Bicycles and Rural Women in Uganda -- Part Three
January 31, 1994
Commercializing Africa’s Roads: Transforming the Role of the Public Sector
During the past 20 years, nearly a quarter of the capital invested in Sub-Saharan Africa's roads has been eroded through insufficient maintenance. To restore economically justified roads and prevent…
January 01, 1994
Trade and Transport Logistics Facilitation Guidelines
The main objective of these guidelines is to advise on how to approach the complex issue of competitiveness in trade, and on how to achieve cost savings in logistics by reducing the time of…
August 31, 1993
Road User Taxation in Selected OECD Countries
The objective of this paper is to examine issues related to road user taxation, in a selection of "most successful countries". On the basis of six case studies, it provides a comparative review of…
July 31, 1993
Shipping Services in Western and Central African Countries -- Cotonou, June 1992
This paper reports on the discussions and conclusions of the three working groups which have been established to deal with the main topics: (a) macroeconomic impact of maritime transport on the…
May 31, 1993