Local Transport Solutions (Main Index)
 
Develop policies
Include all stakeholders
Improve the image
Plan for integrated use
Define needs, promote options
Prioritise and concentrate resources
Ensure availability and maintainence
Market actively
Build on experiences
Network and collaborate
 
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Market actively, subsidise with caution
Marketing strategies may be associated with credit for manufacture, creation of stocks or final sales. Although subsidies can assist initial adoption of new products, they distort markets. Subsidies to new products may damage markets for sustainable indigenous alternatives.

Photograph by Paul Starkey ©
Promotional demonstration of ox cart in Guinea


Photograph by Paul Starkey ©

Hand cart with publicity in Kenya

 

Photograph by Paul Starkey ©
Rapid adoption of animal-drawn carts in Senegal
was based on commercial factory production and the availability of credit
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