MSN: Eco lodges and low-emission transport options: Traveling with care for the planet
Eco lodges and low-emission transport options: Traveling with care for the planet
The Conversation: We compared land transport options for getting to net zero. Hands down, electric rail is the best
We compared land transport options for getting to net zero. Hands down, electric rail is the best
The World Bank supports countries in building safe, sustainable, and inclusive transport systems—connecting people to jobs, markets, and opportunities.
Air transport is an important enabler to achieving economic growth and development. Air transport facilitates integration into the global economy and provides vital connectivity on a national, regional, and international scale. It helps generate trade, promote tourism, and create employment ...
Improving Transport Connectivity for Food Security in Africa: Strengthening Supply Chains examines the continent’s food production and distribution. The report scrutinizes transport routes over land and water, the efficiency of ports and border crossings, and the adequacy of storage capacity to several key questions:
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.
The World Bank has approved a $200 million project to modernize transport infrastructure in Uzbekistan’s Surkhandarya region, supporting job creation, regional connectivity, and sector-wide reforms.
The Assam Inland Water Transport Project improved ferry infrastructure and services in the state of Assam, India, making water transport safer, more accessible, and reliable. Key barriers for women ferry users included poor terminal access, inadequate amenities, harassment risks, and ineffective complaint mechanisms.
Shrinking the economic distance, or reducing transport prices and time related costs, between people and firms can greatly benefit developing economies by boosting productivity, creating jobs, raising incomes, enhancing food security, and lowering carbon emissions. Achieving these benefits requires efficient, high-quality transport.
Transport Infrastructure Investment Planning (TIIP) for Ulaanbaatar Advance Efficient and High-Quality Public Transport Development in Metro Manila Transport Connectivity Assessment for Serbia - Towards a Green Resilient Recovery Tanzania Climate Resilience Strengthening of Dar es Salaam Isaka Railway Line
India’s transport network is one of the largest and densest in the world. Its roads rank third in terms of length, next only to China and the United States.
The $1.5 billion operation addresses South Africa’s twin economic challenges of low growth and high unemployment by easing infrastructure constraints in the energy and freight transport sectors, which have severely impacted businesses and households in recent years, disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable.
Transport emissions have grown in line with the population and economy. Without intervention, the Australian government expects transport to be the largest emissions source by 2030. So, cutting ...