Rural Access & Mobility
Economic Analysis of a Rural Basic Access Road Project: The Case of Andhra Pradesh, India
Abstract: Rural basic access road projects are expected to yield substantial social benefits, which cannot be properly evaluated using conventional cost-benefit analysis methodology. This note…
December 31, 1999
Rural Access & Mobility
Designing a Rural Basic Access Road Project: The Case of Andhra Pradesh, India
Abstract: Conventional road project design and appraisal methodology has some serious limitations when it is applied to rural basic access road projects, particularly those aiming to achieve both…
December 31, 1999
Road Asset Management
Improving Management and Financing of Roads in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Summary Review for 47 SSA Countries
This overview of the road transport sector in Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, includes an analysis of current status, and developments since 1989, and examines forty seven countries in four…
November 30, 1999
Road Asset Management
Commercialization of Road Management in Sub-Saharan African Countries -- Appraisal of the RMI Concepts Implementation
This note is based on the "Appraisal of the Road Management Initiative (RMI) Concepts Implementation in Sub-Saharan African (SSA) Countries", a study carried out using forms, and procedures prepared…
November 30, 1999
Road Asset Management
The strategic game "Tariff & Traffic": Lessons from successful tests in Madagascar, Guinea and Rwanda
In many Sub-Saharan African countries, the efficiency of the road maintenance system is not, or is no longer adequate to preserve the network, and provide users with a durable, appropriate level of…
October 01, 1999
Road Asset Management
Paving of Unpaved Roads Economically-Justified Paving Costs
Abstract: Under certain circumstances, paving of unpaved roads may be economically justified. To help road agencies identify unpaved roads that may be potential candidates for paving, this Note…
September 30, 1999
Rural Access & Mobility
The Rural Travel and Transport Program (RTTP)
This presentation provides an overview the Rural Travel and Transport Program (RTTP), which supports the development of national rural transport policies and strategies to: improve the…
September 30, 1999
Road Asset Management
Typical Unpaved Roads Roughness Predicted By the HDM-III Model
The Highway Design and Maintenance Standards Model, HDM-III, based on the Brazil-UNDP field study conducted between 1976 and 1981, predicts the average annual road roughness of engineered…
September 30, 1999
Road Asset Management
Unpaved Roads' Roughness Estimation by Subjective Evaluation
Abstract: Road agencies need to estimate road roughness when determining the economic evaluation of proposed maintenance and upgrading options, and in pavement management systems for planning and…
September 30, 1999
Road Asset Management
Improving Management and Financing of Roads in Central African States -- Review of the Road Sector in Member Countries of the Customs and Economic Union of Central African States (UDEAC)
The note is based on a review of the road sector within the member countries of the Customs and Economic Union of Central African States (UDEAC), and describes the road network, indicating conditions…
September 30, 1999
Road Asset Management
Roads Economic Decision Model (RED) for Economic Evaluation of Low Volume Roads
This note presents a consumer surplus model to help evaluate investments in roads with low traffic volumes (between 50 and 200 vehicles per day) which are so prevalent in Africa. The model is…
April 01, 1999
Programmatic
SSATP Progress Report 1998
During the 1998 reporting period, emphasis in the work of SSATP continued to move towards policy reform and implementation strategy work at the country level. A core of the approach of the program is…
February 28, 1999
Road Safety Observatory
Minimum Country-level Crash Data
Ground work and several meetings led to the identification of several crash-related variables that all countries should aim to collect. A smaller selection out of these variables will be shared…
November 01, 1998
Road Asset Management
Road Management Initiative RMI -- Phase III -- Annual Report 1997/98
October 31, 1998
Rural Access & Mobility
Road Management Initiative, Rural Travel and Transport Program, Thirteenth Coordinating Committee Meeting,November 9-13, 1998, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
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 (…
October 31, 1998
Regional Integration
The Abidjan-Ouagadougo Railway Concession
Since the 1980s, most Sub-Saharan African railways have been experiencing a severe crisis: declining traffic and revenue, lack of market orientation and poor service, continued operation of high-loss…
June 01, 1998
Rural Access & Mobility
Options for Managing and Financing Rural Transport Infrastructure
Ineffective rural transport services are a major obstacle to economic and social development in Sub Saharan Africa. Alleviating poverty requires improved access to social and economic facilities. And…
May 31, 1998
Programmatic
SSATP Progress Report 1997
The present progress report provides an update on the status of the Program, and captures the experience in running the Program since the restructuring of the Africa Region of the World Bank in mid-…
April 01, 1998
