Road Safety
Managing Road Safety in Africa: A Framework for National Lead Agencies
Africa is currently experiencing the highest per capita rate of road fatalities in the world. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates the rate of road traffic deaths at 24.1 per 100,000 people…
October 12, 2014
Programmatic
SSATP Annual Report 2013
This annual report 2013 showcases SSATP's continued efforts under the Second Development Plan (DP2) to support African countries undertake needed policy reforms that will improve the performance of…
September 01, 2014
Rural Access & Mobility
Good Policies and Practices on Rural Transport in Africa: Planning Infrastructure & Services
A monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system is an essential element of the planning, design and implementation of rural transport projects and is useful in assessing whether projects achieve their…
June 05, 2014
Regional Integration
A Review of International Legal Instruments: Facilitation of Transport and Trade in Africa
Transport infrastructure is essential for inclusive growth and poverty reduction but the investments in building and maintaining it remain sub-optimal as long as the movement of goods is not seamless…
April 30, 2014
Regional Integration
Corridor Transport Observatory Guidlines
Trade and transport corridors are complex entities that have been defined as ‘a coordinated bundle of transport and logistics infrastructure and services that facilitates trade and transport flows…
November 26, 2013
Road Safety
Guidelines for Mainstreaming Road Safety in Regional Trade Road Corridors
This SSATP publication, jointly prepared with the World Bank, provides best practice guidelines for mainstreaming road safety in regional road trade corridors (RTRCs) investment programs in low and…
June 01, 2013
Regional Integration
Border Crossing Monitoring along the Northern Corridor
When one thinks of border crossing in Africa, the image that comes in mind is that of a long queue of trucks waiting idly to fill out paper. The improvement of road infrastructure was expected to…
April 13, 2013
Programmatic
2013 SSATP Annual Meeting: Proceedings
This document summarizes the proceedings of SSATP's Africa Transport Policy Forum and the General Assembly held in Dakar, Senegal on December 10-12, 2013. The Ministry of Infrastructure,…
April 01, 2013
Programmatic
SSATP Annual Report 2012
Although SSATP is a recognized and well-established program for policy development and capacity building of the African transport sector, new demands and changing needs of the sector put pressure on…
March 31, 2013
Railways
Rail Transport: Framework for Improving Railway Sector Performanance in Sub Saharan Africa
When The African continent has been making regular headlines with double digits growth economies, an emerging middle class, an explosion in mobile communications, and huge untapped mineral resources…
March 11, 2013
Transport governance
Transport governance indicators in Sub-Saharan Africa
Good governance-or the absence of it-has concerned policy makers and other stakeholders in the transport sector for decades. Most stakeholders recognize that effective governance is crucial if…
January 07, 2013
Urban Transport & Mobility
The Soft Side of BRT: Lessons from 5 Developing Countries
This publication is based on an extensive review of the literature, interviews with stakeholders, and analysis of primary data to document lessons from the BRT experience in Jakarta, Indonesia;…
November 01, 2012
Rural Access & Mobility
Rural Transport : Improving its Contribution to Growth and Poverty Reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa
The paper provides a framework that will help policy makers in Africa to move from stand-alone rural transport policies to comprehensive and integrated policies, positioning rural transport within…
October 31, 2012
Programmatic
Progress Report January-June 2012
This latest progress report contains important information for all SSATP's stakeholders and partners related to the current activities of the Program for 2012 and its future , in particular the…
June 30, 2012
Programmatic
SSATP Annual Report 2011
Changes in the Board of SSATP and the Management Team in 2011 provide the opportunity to initiate a new phase in the Second Development Plan of SSATP in tune with the developments in the transport…
February 29, 2012
Road Asset Management
Progress on Commercialized Road Management in Sub-Saharan Africa
Some 20 Road Authorities have been established in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), most since 2000. These agencies were created broadly in line with the principles espoused in the Road Management Initiative…
January 01, 2012
Regional Integration
Gazing into the Mirror II - Performance Contracts in Cameroon Customs
This second volume of Gazing into the Mirror presents the results of the bold and original reform process initiated in 2009 to modernize the Cameroon Customs Administration and to instill a radically…
November 30, 2011
Programmatic
SSATP 1987-2011
Since its launch in 1987, the Program has greatly evolved while remaining faithful to its mandate of putting the transport sector in the forefront of development. Africa has greatly grown too - in…
June 30, 2011
Regional Integration
Emerging Good Practice in Overload Control in Eastern and Southern Africa
This third volume on overload control presents the case studies carried out in Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Botswana. They all offer a different but complementary approach to tackle…
April 30, 2011
Urban Transport & Mobility
Understanding the Emerging role of Motorcycles in African Cities: A political Economy Perspective
This publication discusses the growth in the use of commercial motorcycles in sub-Saharan cities as a manifestation of the inability to address the delivery of urban transport services. This paper…
April 01, 2011
