URBAN TRANSPORT IN WEST AFRICA

Urban transport constraints in cities in West Africa, including Abidjan, Accra, Bamako, Dakar, Freetown, Ibadan, Lagos and Monrovia were analyzed. The following policy issues which must be addressed to improve the urban transport sector in West Africa were identified: (i) cost recovery and mobilization of resources; (ii) government role in the provision of public transport services; (iii) ways to improve the efficiency of road transport; and (iv) institutional development. The publication derives its recommendations from World Bank project experience in Abidjan, the results of research undertaken in preparation of this publication, and other World Bank studies.

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• Authors:
  • BARRETT, R
• Publication Date: 1988

Media Info

• Pagination: 142 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Constraints; Cost recovery; Developing countries; Economic efficiency; Institutional issues; Public transit; Regulation; Resource allocation; Transportation planning; Transportation policy; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency
• Old TRIS Terms: Government intervention
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00477799
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• ISBN: 0-8213-1042-9
• Report/Paper Numbers: WORLD BANK TP-81
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 31 1988 12:00AM