India's Transport Sector : The Challenges Ahead, Volume 1. Main Report

India's Transport Sector : The Challenges Ahead, Volume 1. Main Report

India's transport system--especially surface transport--is seriously deficient, and its services are highly inefficient by international standards. The economic losses from congestion and poor roads are estimated at 120 to 300 billion rupees a...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Economic & Sector Work
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCIDENTS ACCOUNTABILITY ADB ASSET MANAGEMENT BALANCE SHEET BASIC ACCESS BOTTLENECKS BUS SERVICE BUS SERVICES CAR OWNERSHIP CEMENT CIVIL SERVICE CONCESSIONS CONGESTION DECENTRALIZATION DISPOSABLE INCOME DRAINAGE DRIVING ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC REFORM ENGINE EXPRESSWAYS FARES FISCAL POLICY FISCAL YEAR FRAMEWORK HIGHWAY CAPACITY HIGHWAYS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING INCOME INVENTORY LAND ACQUISITION LAND TRANSPORT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MAIN TRANSPORT METROPOLITAN CITIES METROPOLITAN TRANSPORT MIXED TRAFFIC MOBILITY MODAL INTEGRATION MOTOR VEHICLE MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS MOTORIZED TRANSPORT NOISE PASSENGER PASSENGER CARS PASSENGER TRANSPORT PIERS PORTS POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE PARTICIPATION PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PROFITABILITY PUBLIC AGENCIES PUBLIC INVESTMENTS RAIL TRANSPORT RAILWAYS RESOURCE MOBILIZATION ROAD ASSETS ROAD FINANCING ROAD PAVEMENT ROAD SAFETY ROAD SECTOR ROAD TRANSPORT ROAD USERS ROUTES RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL ROADS SAFETY ISSUES SOCIAL SERVICES STEEL STRUCTURES SUSTAINABILITY TAXATION TRAFFIC ENGINEERING TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLANNING TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEMES TRAFFIC POLICE TRAFFIC RULES TRANSPORT TRANSPORT AUTHORITY TRANSPORT DEREGULATION TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT MODE TRANSPORT PLANNING TRANSPORT POLICY TRANSPORT REFORM TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SYSTEM TRUCKS URBAN BUS URBAN BUS TRANSPORT URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN TRANSPORT URBAN TRANSPORT PROJECT URBANIZATION USER CHARGES VEHICLE EMISSIONS VEHICLE REGISTRATION VEHICLES TRANSPORT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS TRANSPORT SYSTEMS RESPONSIBILITY RESOURCES MOBILIZATION ROADS & HIGHWAYS DEMAND GROWTH TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT INLAND WATERWAYS AIR TRANSPORT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/05/1937501/india-indias-transport-sector-challenges-ahead-vol-1-2-main-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15405

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Summary:	India's transport system--especially surface transport--is seriously deficient, and its services are highly inefficient by international standards. The economic losses from congestion and poor roads are estimated at 120 to 300 billion rupees a year. This report takes a critical assessment of the key policy and institutional issues that continue to contribute to the poor performance of the transport sector in India. After an introduction, Chapter 2 provides an overview of rapid demand change and poor supply response, and the resulting adverse impacts on the Indian economy and society. Chapter 3 examines the causes of poor supply response by focusing on four major problems: unclear responsibilities, inadequate resource mobilization, poor asset management, and inadequate imposition of accountability. Chapter 4 reviews recent reforms and lessons learned. Chapter 5 proposes short to medium term actions for each of the main transport subsectors. Three factors make it particularly opportune time for India to expedite transport reform: 1) Initial reform momentum has been built up. 2) There is a growing consensus within India that transport should be managed as an economic sector. 3) There are many successful models for transport reform from around the world. The resistance to reform should be overcome considering the high cost of slow or inadequate action to the Indian economy and society.

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