Local Transport Solutions--People, Paradoxes and Progress : Lessons Arising from the Spread of Intermediate Means of Transport
This publication is based on the key note paper presented by the author at the experts Meeting on Intermediate Means of Transport (IMT) which took place in Nairobi, Kenya from 15 to 18, June 1999. Some 50 participants from twelve African countries...
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ACCESSIBILITY ACCIDENTS ACCOUNTING ANIMAL TRACTION BICYCLES BRAKES BUSES CARRYING CAPACITY CONCRETE CREDIT POLICIES DOMESTIC TRANSPORT FOREIGN EXCHANGE FRAMEWORK IMT INCOME INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INTERMEDIATE MEANS OF TRANSPORT LARGE LOADS LEGISLATION LOADING LOCAL TRANSPORT LONG DISTANCES LORRIES MOTOR VEHICLES MOTORCYCLE MOTORCYCLES OPERATING COSTS PACK ANIMALS PORTS PROFITABILITY RAILWAYS ROAD CONSTRUCTION ROAD NETWORKS ROAD QUALITY ROAD USERS ROADS RURAL TRANSPORT RURAL TRANSPORT POLICIES RURAL TRANSPORT STRATEGIES RURAL TRAVEL SAFETY SAFETY PROBLEMS SPEED TAXIS TERRAIN TOPOGRAPHY TRACTORS TRAFFIC TRAFFIC FLOW TRAILERS TRAINS TRANSPORT CAPACITY TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT PLANNERS TRANSPORT POLICIES TRANSPORT POLICY TRANSPORT PROJECTS TRANSPORT RESEARCH TRANSPORT STUDIES TRANSPORT SYSTEM TRANSPORT SYSTEMS TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS TROLLEYS TRUCKS VEHICLES WALKING TRANSPORT POLICY TRANSPORT POLICY INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORT FACILITATION BICYCLES CULTURAL ASPECTS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GENDER ISSUES PUBLIC AWARENESS MOTORCYCLES BICYCLES GENDER ISSUES TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS ACCESSIBLE SERVICES SERVICE DELIVERY INCOME GENERATION PREFERENCE ANALYSIS SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS SOCIOECONOMIC CONSTRAINTS CARRYING CAPACITIES BICYCLES ANIMAL POWER MOTORCYCLES |
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ACCESSIBILITY ACCIDENTS ACCOUNTING ANIMAL TRACTION BICYCLES BRAKES BUSES CARRYING CAPACITY CONCRETE CREDIT POLICIES DOMESTIC TRANSPORT FOREIGN EXCHANGE FRAMEWORK IMT INCOME INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INTERMEDIATE MEANS OF TRANSPORT LARGE LOADS LEGISLATION LOADING LOCAL TRANSPORT LONG DISTANCES LORRIES MOTOR VEHICLES MOTORCYCLE MOTORCYCLES OPERATING COSTS PACK ANIMALS PORTS PROFITABILITY RAILWAYS ROAD CONSTRUCTION ROAD NETWORKS ROAD QUALITY ROAD USERS ROADS RURAL TRANSPORT RURAL TRANSPORT POLICIES RURAL TRANSPORT STRATEGIES RURAL TRAVEL SAFETY SAFETY PROBLEMS SPEED TAXIS TERRAIN TOPOGRAPHY TRACTORS TRAFFIC TRAFFIC FLOW TRAILERS TRAINS TRANSPORT CAPACITY TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT PLANNERS TRANSPORT POLICIES TRANSPORT POLICY TRANSPORT PROJECTS TRANSPORT RESEARCH TRANSPORT STUDIES TRANSPORT SYSTEM TRANSPORT SYSTEMS TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS TROLLEYS TRUCKS VEHICLES WALKING TRANSPORT POLICY TRANSPORT POLICY INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORT FACILITATION BICYCLES CULTURAL ASPECTS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GENDER ISSUES PUBLIC AWARENESS MOTORCYCLES BICYCLES GENDER ISSUES TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS ACCESSIBLE SERVICES SERVICE DELIVERY INCOME GENERATION PREFERENCE ANALYSIS SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS SOCIOECONOMIC CONSTRAINTS CARRYING CAPACITIES BICYCLES ANIMAL POWER MOTORCYCLES Starkey, Paul Local Transport Solutions--People, Paradoxes and Progress : Lessons Arising from the Spread of Intermediate Means of Transport |
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This publication is based on the key
note paper presented by the author at the experts Meeting on
Intermediate Means of Transport (IMT) which took place in
Nairobi, Kenya from 15 to 18, June 1999. Some 50
participants from twelve African countries including Burkina
Faso, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Eritrea, Ghana, Kenya,
Madagascar, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe
attended. Participants also included experts from the
Netherlands, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom and the World Bank.
The principal objective of the meeting was to examine (i)
factors accounting for the observed low use of intermediate
means of transport in Sub-Saharan Africa compared with the
rest of the world, especially Asia and (ii) to evolve
strategies for addressing identified shortcomings. Apart
from their key note paper, additional papers were presented
by experts from within and outside of Africa. It was the
first gathering of international experts devoted to the
subject of intermediate means of transport use in
Sub-Saharan Africa and was the result of exhaustive
consultations with stakeholders by the Rural Travel and
Transport Program on the need for a holistic approach to the
promotion of the enhanced use of intermediate means of
transport given the nature and character of the factors
accounting for their low use in SSA. Despite investment in
roads, inadequate transport and accessibility constrain
rural development. In Sub-Saharan Africa, most village
transport still involves people (mainly women) walking and
head loading. Between walking/carrying and large motorized
transport there is a wide range of intermediate means of
transport (IMTs). These increase transport capacity and
reduce drudgery at relatively low cost, solving local
transport problems. Local transport solutions include
wheelbarrows, hand carts, bicycles, tricycles,
animal-powered transport, motorcycles and power tiller
trailers. The promotion of intermediate means of transport
has had varied results. Examples (e.g., Mauritania, Sri
Lanka, Tanzania and Zambia) show both the effectiveness and
the lack of success of promotion by projects,
nongovernmental organizations, the private sector (formal
and informal) and person-to-person exchanges. Most Asian
transport technologies have been promoted by the private
sector. Bicycles and donkeys have mainly spread in Africa
through private sector and user-to-user promotion. Informal
diffusion can be rapid and effective, but the existing
patchy distribution of transport technologies illustrates
its unreliability. |
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Starkey, Paul |
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Starkey, Paul |
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Local Transport Solutions--People, Paradoxes and Progress : Lessons Arising from the Spread of Intermediate Means of Transport |
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Local Transport Solutions--People, Paradoxes and Progress : Lessons Arising from the Spread of Intermediate Means of Transport |
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Local Transport Solutions--People, Paradoxes and Progress : Lessons Arising from the Spread of Intermediate Means of Transport |
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Local Transport Solutions--People, Paradoxes and Progress : Lessons Arising from the Spread of Intermediate Means of Transport |
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Local Transport Solutions--People, Paradoxes and Progress : Lessons Arising from the Spread of Intermediate Means of Transport |
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local transport solutions--people, paradoxes and progress : lessons arising from the spread of intermediate means of transport |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/05/2786722/local-transport-solutions-people-paradoxes-progress-lessons-arising-spread-intermediate-means-transport http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17694 |
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okr-10986-176942021-04-23T14:03:35Z Local Transport Solutions--People, Paradoxes and Progress : Lessons Arising from the Spread of Intermediate Means of Transport Starkey, Paul ACCESSIBILITY ACCIDENTS ACCOUNTING ANIMAL TRACTION BICYCLES BRAKES BUSES CARRYING CAPACITY CONCRETE CREDIT POLICIES DOMESTIC TRANSPORT FOREIGN EXCHANGE FRAMEWORK IMT INCOME INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INTERMEDIATE MEANS OF TRANSPORT LARGE LOADS LEGISLATION LOADING LOCAL TRANSPORT LONG DISTANCES LORRIES MOTOR VEHICLES MOTORCYCLE MOTORCYCLES OPERATING COSTS PACK ANIMALS PORTS PROFITABILITY RAILWAYS ROAD CONSTRUCTION ROAD NETWORKS ROAD QUALITY ROAD USERS ROADS RURAL TRANSPORT RURAL TRANSPORT POLICIES RURAL TRANSPORT STRATEGIES RURAL TRAVEL SAFETY SAFETY PROBLEMS SPEED TAXIS TERRAIN TOPOGRAPHY TRACTORS TRAFFIC TRAFFIC FLOW TRAILERS TRAINS TRANSPORT CAPACITY TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT PLANNERS TRANSPORT POLICIES TRANSPORT POLICY TRANSPORT PROJECTS TRANSPORT RESEARCH TRANSPORT STUDIES TRANSPORT SYSTEM TRANSPORT SYSTEMS TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS TROLLEYS TRUCKS VEHICLES WALKING TRANSPORT POLICY TRANSPORT POLICY INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORT FACILITATION BICYCLES CULTURAL ASPECTS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GENDER ISSUES PUBLIC AWARENESS MOTORCYCLES BICYCLES GENDER ISSUES TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS ACCESSIBLE SERVICES SERVICE DELIVERY INCOME GENERATION PREFERENCE ANALYSIS SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS SOCIOECONOMIC CONSTRAINTS CARRYING CAPACITIES BICYCLES ANIMAL POWER MOTORCYCLES This publication is based on the key note paper presented by the author at the experts Meeting on Intermediate Means of Transport (IMT) which took place in Nairobi, Kenya from 15 to 18, June 1999. Some 50 participants from twelve African countries including Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Eritrea, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe attended. Participants also included experts from the Netherlands, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom and the World Bank. The principal objective of the meeting was to examine (i) factors accounting for the observed low use of intermediate means of transport in Sub-Saharan Africa compared with the rest of the world, especially Asia and (ii) to evolve strategies for addressing identified shortcomings. Apart from their key note paper, additional papers were presented by experts from within and outside of Africa. It was the first gathering of international experts devoted to the subject of intermediate means of transport use in Sub-Saharan Africa and was the result of exhaustive consultations with stakeholders by the Rural Travel and Transport Program on the need for a holistic approach to the promotion of the enhanced use of intermediate means of transport given the nature and character of the factors accounting for their low use in SSA. Despite investment in roads, inadequate transport and accessibility constrain rural development. In Sub-Saharan Africa, most village transport still involves people (mainly women) walking and head loading. Between walking/carrying and large motorized transport there is a wide range of intermediate means of transport (IMTs). These increase transport capacity and reduce drudgery at relatively low cost, solving local transport problems. Local transport solutions include wheelbarrows, hand carts, bicycles, tricycles, animal-powered transport, motorcycles and power tiller trailers. The promotion of intermediate means of transport has had varied results. Examples (e.g., Mauritania, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Zambia) show both the effectiveness and the lack of success of promotion by projects, nongovernmental organizations, the private sector (formal and informal) and person-to-person exchanges. Most Asian transport technologies have been promoted by the private sector. Bicycles and donkeys have mainly spread in Africa through private sector and user-to-user promotion. Informal diffusion can be rapid and effective, but the existing patchy distribution of transport technologies illustrates its unreliability. 2014-04-08T20:05:31Z 2014-04-08T20:05:31Z 2001-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/05/2786722/local-transport-solutions-people-paradoxes-progress-lessons-arising-spread-intermediate-means-transport http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17694 English en_US Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Program working paper series (SSATP);no. 56 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Africa |