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Rural Transport comprises two distinct elements:
Transport Infrastructure is the rural roads, bridges and associated drainage, tracks, trails, paths, watercourse structures and footbridges, as well as rural waterways and their transfer facilities. Responsibility for the provision and maintenance of transport infrastructure usually falls to the central or local government, or the communities themselves.

rural home 2 9-09Mobility is characterised by the transport means available - both motorised and non-motorised - for people to transport themselves and their goods, and for services to be provided. The means are typically owned and operated by individuals and the private sector.
 
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Square bulletTP-12. Maternal & Child Mortality Development Goals: What Can the Transport Sector Do?
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    Square bulletSolving the Problems of Rural Transport in South-East Asia (PDF, 80KB)
Square bulletTRN-33. Surfacing Alternatives for Unsealed Rural Roads (PDF, 402KB)    Square bulletIDA At Work - Transport: Linking People to Markets and Services - July 2009
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Square bulletTP-10. Rural Access Index: A Key Development Indicator (PDF, 375KB)    Square bulletResearch Program Helps to Connect Rural Communities in Africa (PDF, 19KB)
Square bulletTRN-28. Rural Access and Mobility in Pakistan: A Policy Note (PDF, 112KB)  

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Quantifying the Effects of Road Dust 
     Square bulletWDR2008 Brief: Rural Roads and Agriculture
      
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Square bullet SSATP Annual Meeting, October 19 to 22, 2009 
Square bullet Rural Transport Meeting Day, October 23, 2009 
Square bullet gTKP/IRF/TARA Convention on Rural Roads, November 26-27, 2009 
Square bullet International Conference on Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development,
 December 10 to 12, 2009
 
Square bullet PIARC International Seminar on Sustainable Maintenance of Rural Roads, January 21 to 23,
 2010
 

 

 

 

 


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