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IDA at Work: Transport
photo by Arne Hoel

IDA at Work: Transport

Studies have shown that poverty reduction is more likely to be effective when communities have ready access—at all hours and in all weather—to essential services and to markets. Despite this knowledge, an estimated one billion people lack direct access to an all-season road.

Learn more about IDA’s work in this area over the last 10 years:
Download PDF Download: Rural Roads
[PDF, 11-page brief, July 2009]

Improved road access for 16 million people in rural Vietnam.Improved road access for 16 million people in rural Vietnam.

Bangladesh’s Jamuna Bridge spurs transport, trade.Bangladesh’s Jamuna Bridge spurs increased movement of people and goods.

Project Profiles

- Abapó-Camiri Highway Project in Bolivia
- Road Reconstruction and Improvement Project in Honduras
- Rehabilitating Highways, Airport in Afghanistan
- Jamuna Bridge Connects Bangladesh's Two Halves
- Access to Markets and Services Increases in Rural Bhutan
- Improved Roads Stimulate Integration of Markets in Ethiopia
- Improving Infrastructure in Georgia's Cities (feature story)
- Upgrading Lao PDR's major artery
- Rehabilitating Roads, Building Institutions in Mozambique
- Improving All-Season Access in Rural Nepal
- Rebuilding Nicaragua's Hurricane Damaged Roads
- Local Governments Upgrade Infrastructure in Rural Senegal
- Linking Vietnamese People to Roads

Multimedia

The Difference A Road Makes - the View from Moshi, Tanzania.

Learn More

- Download, print and read on the go: IDA/Transport brochure [PDF]
- What is IDA? The International Development Association (IDA) is the part of the World Bank that provides interest-free credits and grants to the world’s poorest countries. Learn more
- Roads, highways, ports, bridges, railways, air transport...Explore the World Bank’s Transport website.
-The Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Program (SSATP) is a joint undertaking of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and several development agencies coordinated by the World Bank. Learn more


Last updated: 2009-09-28




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