Board
cordially invite you to a launch and panel discussion of
"Safe, Clean, and Affordable...Transport for Development"
The World Bank Group's Transport Business Strategy for 2008-2012
Wednesday, May 21
12:00 - 2:00 pm
World Bank J Building
Auditorium J1-050
701 18th Street, NW
Washington, DC
For non Bank staff, please RSVP to infoshopevents@worldbank.org
Transport is a necessary, though not sufficient, contributor to economic
development. But its contribution cannot be taken for granted.
In rural areas, nearly a billion of the world?s poorest people still do not
even have adequate access to one 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.
The Bank Group?s transport business strategy articulates how transport and
development goals come together.
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.
For more information please visit: www.worldbank.org/transport
PRESENTED BY
Marc Juhel
Sector Manager, Transport, World Bank
DISCUSSED BY
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 Technical University, Poland (TBC)
Alistair Wray
Senior Growth and Infrastructure Adviser, DFID (U.K. Department for
International Development)
Peter O'Neill
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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