& The World Bank Transport Sector Board
cordially invite you to a launch and panel discussion of
The World Bank Group's Transport Business Strategy for 2008-2012
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| | Safe, Clean, and Affordable... |
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| | Transport is a necessary, though |
| | not sufficient, contributor to |
| Wednesday, May 21 | economic development. But its |
| 12:00 - 2:00 pm | contribution cannot be taken for |
| World Bank J Building | granted. |
| Auditorium J1-050 | |
| 701 18th Street, NW | In rural areas, nearly a |
| Washington, DC | billion of the world?s poorest |
| | people still do not even have |
| Refreshments will be | adequate access to one |
| served | all-weather road. |
| | In most of the cities that will |
| | soon contain half of the |
| | developing world?s population, |
| | public transport systems are |
| | struggling to cope. |
| | Many countries that have |
| | enjoyed strong trade growth in |
| | recent years are now facing |
| | capacity and quality |
| | constraints in transport and |
| | logistics. |
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| | The Bank Group?s transport |
| | business strategy articulates how |
| | transport and development goals |
| | come together. |
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| | Safe acknowledges the |
| | prominence of health outcomes |
| | within the Millennium |
| | Development Goals; it implies |
| | safety for transport users, for |
| | transport workers, and for the |
| | wider community. |
| | Clean reflects the contribution |
| | that transport can make to the |
| | environmental aims of the |
| | Millennium Development Goals, |
| | and the need to address its |
| | impact on climate change. |
| | Affordable acknowledges that |
| | physical supply of |
| | infrastructure is not enough. |
| | Efficient freight |
| | infrastructure, translated |
| | through well-functioning |
| | markets into affordable |
| | transport and logistics |
| | services, is critical for |
| | trade. Similarly, efficient and |
| | affordable transport underpins |
| | personal accessibility and |
| | mobility in both urban and |
| | rural areas. |
| | Finally, transport for |
| | development asserts that, while |
| | transport can have many |
| | purposes, the Bank Group?s |
| | focus must be on its |
| | contribution to economic |
| | development. |
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CHAIR
Jamal Saghir
Director, Energy, Transport and Water Department, Chair Transport
Sector Board, World Bank
PRESENTER
Marc Juhel
Sector Manager, Transport, World Bank
DISCUSSANTS
Zmarak Shalizi
Co-author of the 1996 WB Transport Strategy "Sustainable Transport"
Maryvonne Plessis-Fraissard
Former Director, Transport and Urban Development Department, World
Bank
Oscar de Buen
Under Secretary, Ministry of Transportation and Communication,
Mexico
Wojciech Suchorzewski
Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Alistair Wray and Peter O'Neill
Senior Growth and Infrastructure Adviser and Special Adviser,
Research, DFID (U.K. Department for International Development)
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About the Transport Sector Board
The Transport Sector Board has an overall responsibility for
Transport in Bank operations. Its core responsibilities include:
Development of sector strategy and related operational
policies including bank procedures and guidance to staff
Overseeing quality of operational work
Human resources
Learning and Knowledge Management
Internal and External Partnerships
The Transport Sector constitutes a significant part of the World
Bank Group?s portfolio, with lending of US$33.5 billion (over 14
percent of WBG portfolio) through the 1998-2007 decade. FY07
lending has reached US$5 billion, amounting to 20 percent of the
Bank Group?s new annual commitments.
For more information, visit: www.worldbank.org/transport
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events over the past two years and has hosted many internationally
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