Events

The United Nations Office of the High Representative for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States will hold a Mid-Term Review Meeting of the Almaty Programme of Action during the 63^rd session of the UN General Assembly in the fall. The objective of the mid-term review is to assess the progress made in establishing efficient transit transport systems in landlocked countries.

Meeting of the REC-TCC in Addis
The REC Transport Coordination Committee currently chaired by UEMOA will meet on 6-7 October 2008 to discuss the 2008 work plan related more specifically to the draft legal instrument for the North-South Corridor, the proposed establishment of corridor management committees in UEMOA, and to knowledge sharing and dissemination activities.

Mobilizing Civil Society to Improve Governance in the Transport Sector
The global transport knowledge partnership gTKP in collaboration with ARMFA, the Road Fund of Cameroun and the SSATP will organize a 3-day regional workshop on governance in transport on 23-25 September 2008 in Yaoundé, Cameroun.
The workshop theme is Mobilizing civil society to improve governance in transport. This will complement and strengthen other governance theme activities, which include the capture of practical governance case studies and the development of straightforward road sector benchmarks appropriate for use by road sector stakeholders.
The outcome of this workshop will feed into the initial consultation process on governance and transport, identified as one of the priority activities under the SSATP Second Development Plan (2008-2011).

Publications

Lessons of Corridor Performance Measurement

Developing landlocked countries have to face many challenges to compete effectively in the world markets. They experience high trade transactions, with logistics representing a significant proportion of the GDP. This problem impacts Sub-Saharan Africa more than any other region, as it includes fifteen landlocked countries. Given the challenges facing landlocked countries, sensitizing policy makers on how to improve access requires accurate and specific data. Appropriate date can assist them in pinpointing components of regional systems not working well so that infrastructure, regulatory or institutional reform interventions or operations improvements can be better targeted. It is therefore critical that data on corridor operations be systematically collected. This paper presents the lessons of corridor performance measurement carried out in Africa in the last years.

SSATP Discussion Paper No. 07
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The Cost of Being Landlocked

Many least developed countries are landlocked and depend on a trade corridor and transit system to have access to world markets. Based on empirical evidence, this paper proposes a microeconomic quantitative description of logistics costs.

A World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 4258
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The Impact of Regional Liberalization and Harmonization in Road Transport Services: A Focus on Zambia and Lessons for Landlocked Countries

Based on a detailed empirical study, this paper argues that regional liberalization of trucking services has had an important effect on transport costs and tariffs for Zambia's economy. Zambia is a peculiar example in Southern Africa as it benefits from relatively low transport cost compared with other landlocked countries in Africa.

A World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 4482
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Preparing a National Transport Strategy: Suggestions for Government Agencies in Developing Countries

The purpose of this paper is to assist policy makers and planners in developing countries in the preparation of a National Transport Strategy (NTS). The paper highlights lessons that can be learned from strategies developed by different countries around the world. It draws upon transport strategy and policy documents from 23 countries and a range of World Bank source material. The aim is not to provide a ready-made strategy document but to identify relevant questions and choices to be considered in preparing a strategy. At each stage, a checklist of considerations is given, and, where appropriate, examples of good and bad practices are identified.

A World Bank Transport Paper, TP-19
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Stuck in Traffic: Urban Transport in Africa

In 2000, one in three Africans lived in a city, by the year 2030, one in two will do so. Cities in Africa must move quickly toward the model of a metropolitan transport authority used in successful cities around the globe to coordinate planning, regulation, licensing, inspections and enforcement. This paper summarizes recent research on urban transport in 14 large African cities performed at the World Bank under aegis of the Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic (AICD) program. See the AICD website for more information on the various studies and data collection exercise undertaken in order to scale-up contribution to infrastructure financing by the donor community.
www.infrastructureafrica.org

Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic Paper
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Walk Urban: Demand, Constraints and Measurement of the Urban Pedestrian Environment

Walking is nature's mode of transport and for many in the developing world, the only form of transport. The globe's rapid urbanization, particularly in low to middle income countries, stimulates a high demand for low cost, sustainable urban transport. A well-designed and maintained walking network can satisfy this demand, while contributing to poverty reduction, health benefits and saved lives.

A World Bank Transport Paper, TP-18
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Lessons Learned from Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS in Transport Sector Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa

This paper reviews the process, results and challenges of mainstreaming HIV/AIDS prevention activities into the transport sector based upon the working definition provided by UNAIDS: "a process that enables development actors to address the causes and effects of AIDS in an effective and sustainable manner, both through their usual work and within their workplace".

A World Bank Report No. 43075-AFR
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Towards the Mainstreaming of an Approach to Include Social Benefits within Road Appraisal: A Case Study from Uganda

This paper investigates how social benefits can be included within a road appraisal. The approach uses a multi-criteria analysis to investigate how different groups (communities, district and national officials) in Uganda would comparatively assess how different social costs and benefits of road projects compare with economic end environmental costs and benefits.

A World Bank Transport Paper, TP-17
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About SSATP

The SSATP is an international partnership to facilitate policy development and related capacity building in the transport sector in Sub-Saharan Africa. Sound policies lead to safe, reliable and cost-effective transport, freeing people to lift themselves out of poverty, and helping countries to compete internationally.

To learn more, visit SSATP website: www.worldbank.org/afr/ssatp