THE EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE URBAN TRANSPORTATION POLICIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

The special requirements of transportation policies in developing countries and the restraints which must be considered when making such a selection are discussed, and examples are described as illustrations of the various points. The measures used to evaluate the performance of these policies are discussed with particular reference to developing countries. Case studies are used where possible to illustrate particular points, especially in relation to various aspects of economic and social evaluation, for which statistics from the Nairobi Urban Study are used. The case for weighted benefits and some form of shadow pricing is discussed, as well as some considerations of problems related to the balance of payments, import restrictions, unemployment coupled with shortages of highly skilled technicians and expatriate dependence as they relate to developing countries in general.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper appears in "Transport Planning in Developing Countries," which is a publication containing the Proceedings of Seminar U of the Summer Annual Meeting at University of Warwick, England during July, 1975.
• Corporate Authors:

  Planning and Transport Res and Computation Co Ltd

  167 Oxford Street
  London W1R 1AH,   England 
• Authors:
  • MOGRIDGE, M C
• Publication Date: 1975-7

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 31-44
• Serial:
  • Publication of: IRCOBI SECRETARIAT
  • Publisher: IRCOBI (International Research Council on the Biokinetics of Impacts)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefits; Developing countries; Prices; Socioeconomic factors; Transportation policy; Urban transportation
• Old TRIS Terms: Substitutes
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Policy; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00148224
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: P128
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 23 1977 12:00AM