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Transport Overview - World Bank Group The transport sector is essential to reducing poverty and building prosperity: transport gives access to jobs, education and healthcare; it connects goods and services to markets and is a key driver of growth; finally, lowering the carbon footprint of the sector is crucial to tackle climate change The World Bank works with client countries to provide safe, clean and affordable transport for all
The Road to Food Security: How Targeted Transport Investments Can . . . A new World Bank report, Transport for Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa: Strengthening Supply Chains, proposes several priority actions to reduce transport costs and improve food security across the continent These recommendations can help transform Africa’s hunger zones to places where food is more abundant and easily distributed
World Bank Supports São Paulo’s Metro Expansion Sustainable Public Transport: The extension of Line 2 will improve access to metro services for underserved areas, reducing commute times and expanding job opportunities Climate Resilience Low-Carbon Mobility: Investments in energy-efficient metro systems, including driverless operations and regenerative braking technology , will enhance
Transport - World Bank Group Better transport has the potential to improve the lives and livelihoods of billions of people by facilitating access to jobs, markets, and essential services such as healthcare or education The World Bank provides financial and technical assistance to help countries implement sustainable mobility solutions that create real, lasting development
Clean Hydrogen for Road Transportation in Developing Countries A technology-neutral strategy that leverages BEVs where feasible and deploys FCEVs where battery solutions face limitations will be key to the next generation of transport systems Effective policies, incentives, and investments are essential to scale up hydrogen mobility, with a focus on high-impact applications like buses, HDVs, and in logistics
Multimodal Connectivity in Eastern South Asia - World Bank Group Currently, road transport dominates regional transport, including freight transport As per the World Bank analysis, among the countries of Eastern South Asia—Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal—freight transport distribution is 72% for roads, 9% for inland water transport, 14% for sea, and just 4% for railways
Transport Decarbonization Investment series (TDI) - World Bank Group The COP26 Transport Day event will be the culmination of the efforts, with the release of a sixth and final paper that will synthesize the main findings of the five papers produced in TDI series, identifying opportunities for investment, accompanied with concrete recommendations for transport to pursue a low carbon pathway
Global Container Port Performance Index 2023 - World Bank Group About the Container Port Performance Index (CPPI) Developed by the World Bank and S P Global Market Intelligence, the global Container Port Performance Index is a comparable index of global container port performance intended to serve as a reference point for key stakeholders in the global economy, including national governments, port authorities, development agencies, supra-national
Transport Services: Reducing Barriers to Trade - World Bank Group High transport costs are a barrier to trade— The costs of international transport services are a crucial determinant of a developing coun-try’s export competitiveness Shipping costs often represent a more binding constraint to greater participation in international trade than tariffs and other trade barriers Across econ-
Urban Transport - World Bank Group Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) was the first multi-modal project of its kind in India It included improving the roads, rail, buses, bridges, and the traffic system of Mumbai Over 17,000 households - including thousands of squatter families living in shacks along railway tracks – were relocated to safe permanent dwellings and given