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Infrastructure Notes

Infrastructure Notes were published from 1990 through 2000. The majority of the Notes are in HTML format, while some of the later Notes are in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) and may be viewed and printed with Adobe Acrobat Reader. This free plug-in may be downloaded from the  Adobe Web site Adobe Web site . Any document may be downloaded to your PC by simply positioning the cursor over the link and clicking on the right mouse button. Select "Save Link As" or "Save Target As" and the file will be saved in a directory of your choosing.

Railways (RW)Roads (RD)Rural Transport (RT)Urban Transport (UT)Other Transport (OT)

Ports and Shipping (PS)
PS-11
Institution Building and Human Resource Development for Managing Trade and Industry Logistics: Hungary's Success Story - 1995 (PDF, 23KB)
PS-10Private Sector Involvement in East and Southeast Asian Ports: An Overview of Contractual Arrangements - 1995 (PDF, 50KB)
PS-9Strengthening Marine Pollution Control: The International Move Towards Statutory Requirements - 1995 (PDF, 23KB)
PS-8Port State Control - 1994 (PDF, 24KB)
PS-7Financial Management Reform: The Case of Ports in Madagascar - 1994 (PDF, 24KB)
PS-6Port Performance Indicators - 1993 (PDF, 24KB)
PS-5Port Administration: Public vs Private Sector - 1991 (PDF, 33KB)
PS-4MARPOL 73/78 (International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships) -1991 (PDF, 18KB)
PS-3The Commercial Aspects of Freight Transport--Ocean Transport: Freight Rates and Tariffs - 1991 (PDF, 23KB)
PS-2The Use of Outside Contractors for Port Maintenance - 1990 (PDF, 39KB)
PS-1Restrictive Practices in Seaports - 1990 (PDF, 18KB)

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Railways (RW)
RW-14The Abidjan-Ouagadougou Railway Concession - 1997 (PDF, 51KB)
RW-11Cost Effective Measures for Track Improvement - 1995 (PDF, 43KB)
RW-10Understanding the Costs of Commercial Railways - 1995 (PDF, 44KB)
RW-9Purchasing Power Parity Adjusted Railway Performance - 1994 (PDF, 35KB)
RW-8Economic Evaluation of Freight Car (Wagon) Management Control Systems - 1993 (PDF, 36KB)
RW-7  Overcoming Capacity Constraints on Chinese Railways - 1993 (PDF, 42KB)
RW-6    World Bank's Railway Database - 1993 (PDF, 26KB)
RW-5Forms of Private Sector Participation in Railways - 1993 (PDF, 35KB)
RW-4  An Environmental Checklist for Railway Rehabilitation Projects - 1993 (PDF, 32KB)
RW-3How to Improve Capacity: The Case of China Railways - 1992 (PDF, 27KB)
RW-2Cost and Trip Time Tradeoffs on a Mixed Traffic Railway - 1990 (PDF, 21KB)
RW-1Managing Locomotive Availability and Utilization - 1990 (PDF, 35KB)

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Roads (RD)
RD-23Designing Bypasses To Protect The Urban Environment: The Case Of The North Java Corridor - 1997 (PDF, 34KB)
RD-22Objectively Verifiable Indicators of Institutional Development: A Case Study of Road Organization in Bangladesh - 1996 (PDF, 31KB)
RD-21Developing Successful Labor-Based Contractor Programs: Lessons from Ghana - 1996 (PDF, 34KB)
RD-20Water Management and Road Design in the Sahel Region - 1995 (PDF, 18KB)
RD-19Introduction of Competitive Bidding for Road Works in the Former Soviet Union - 1995 (PDF, 21KB)
RD-18Commercializing Africa's Roads: Transforming the Role of the Public Sector - 1994
(PDF, 31KB)
RD-17Road Maintenance and the Environment - 1994 (PDF, 21KB)
RD-16The Privatization of the Road Construction Industry in Hungary: 1989-1992 - 1994
(PDF, 20KB)
RD-15The Road Maintenance Initiative in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Overview - 1993
(PDF, 32KB)
RD-14Seasonal Truck-Load Restrictions and Road Maintenance in Countries with Cold Climate - 1993 (PDF, 34KB)
RD-13Community Participation in Rural Road Maintenance: Finnish Experience and Lessons for Sub-Saharan Africa - 1992 (PDF, 23KB)
RD-12Lane Rental: Creating Incentives for Early Completion of Road Work - 1992
(PDF, 21KB)
RD-11Decentralizing Road Administration - 1992 (PDF, 25KB)
RD-10Equipment Pools for Road Maintenance - 1992 (PDF, 11KB)
RD-9Road Safety Checks - 1992 (PDF, 21KB)
RD-8Routine Road Maintenance by Contract in Latin America and the Caribbean - 1991
(PDF, 19KB)
RD-7The Twinning of Road Agencies to Facilitate Technology Transfer - 1991 (PDF, 19KB)
RD-6Road Safety Awareness and Commitment in Developing Countries - 1991 (PDF, 19KB)
RD-5Road Accident Analysis by Microcomputer - 1991 (PDF, 19KB)
RD-4Budgeting for Road Maintenance - 1991 (PDF, 20KB)
RD-2Applications of the HDM Model in Pavement Management - 1990 (PDF, 23KB)
RD-1New Zealand: Roads Operated Like a Public Utility - 1990 (PDF, 18KB)

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Rural Transport (RT) (all Rural Transport Infrastructure Notes are in PDF format)
RT-5Economic Analysis of a Rural Basic Access Road Project: The Case of Andhra Pradesh, India - 1/2000 (PDF, 35KB)
RT-4Designing a Rural Basic Access Road Project: The Case of Andhra Pradesh, India - 1/2000 (PDF, 387KB)
RT-3Paving of Unpaved Roads: Economically-Justified Paving Costs - 1999 (PDF, 73KB)
RT-2Unpaved Roads: Roughness Estimation by Subjective Evaluation - 1999 (PDF, 29KB)
RT-1Typical Unpaved Roads: Roughness Predicted By the HDM-III Model - 1999
(PDF, 71KB)

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Urban Transport (UT) (Urban Transport Infrastructure Notes No. 8 and up are in PDF format)
UT-9Pollution from Motorcycles in Asia: Issues and Options - 2000 (PDF, 71KB)
UT-8The Role of Natural Gas in the Transport Sector - 2000 (PDF, 71KB)
UT-7Bus Franchises: Should Gross or Net Cost contracts Be Preferred? - 1996
(PDF, 71KB)
UT-6Getting The Prices Wrong: A Tale of Two Islands - 1996 (PDF, 71KB)
UT-5From Monopoly Towards Market: Recent Changes In Polish Urban Mass Transport -1996 (PDF, 71KB)
UT-4Non-Motorized Transport: Confronting Poverty Through Affordable Mobility - 1994
(PDF, 71KB)
UT-3Urban Bus Operators' Associations - 1993 (PDF, 71KB)
UT-2Urban Transport Audits - 1992 (PDF, 71KB)
UT-1Competitive Tendering for Public Bus Services - 1990 (PDF, 71KB)

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Other Transport (OT)
OT-6Addressing Poverty Issues in Transport Sector Operations - 1999 (PDF, 25KB)
OT-5The Value of Time In Economic Evaluation of Transport Projects: Lessons from Recent Research - 1997 (PDF, 124KB)
OT-4Strategic Planning for Non-Motorized Mobility - 1996 (PDF, 35KB)
OT-3Transport Reform and Institutional Development: Lessons from the Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Program - 1993 (PDF, 26KB)
OT-2Landlocked Countries: Evaluating Alternative Routes to the Sea - 1992 (PDF, 25KB)
OT-1Designing Environmentally Sound Transport Projects - 1990 (PDF, 33KB)

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