Hosted by the Government of Mali in the capital city of Bamako, the main part of the 2005 Annual Meeting of Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Program (SSATP) stakeholders took place from November 14th to 18th. As preliminary meeting activities commenced on November 10th, the 2005 event occupied nearly eight days.

For the period 2004-2007, SSATP's strategic objective was to anchor national transport strategies firmly in national goals and strategies for poverty reduction. To achieve this objective, a participatory process that enables country stakeholders to review and adapt their poverty reduction and transport strategies was progressively implemented in SSATP member countries. This report presents an overview of the progress made by November 2005 in implementing Poverty Reduction-Transport Strategy Reviews (PRTSR) in SSATP member countries.