Gender and Public Transport : Kathmandu, Nepal
This study was commissioned by The World Bank as part of the research to feed into the development of the Government of Nepal's national transport management strategy. The overall strategy vision is 'to develop safe, efficient and environ...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Nepal
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/19286523/gender-public-transport-kathmandu-nepal http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17872 |
| Summary: | This study was commissioned by The World
Bank as part of the research to feed into the development of
the Government of Nepal's national transport management
strategy. The overall strategy vision is 'to develop
safe, efficient and environmentally friendly
transport'. Under the second pillar of the draft
strategy which refers to 'management of road
transport', there is specific reference to the
particular needs of women in transport. The study took place
between October and December, 2013 and comprised a review of
secondary data and the collection of primary data via a
questionnaire survey of public transport users in the
Kathmandu valley, qualitative conversations and focus group
discussions with users and non-users of public transport as
well as key informant interviews with transport operators,
police and relevant Government department staff and
supplemented by participant observation. The questionnaire
survey was carried out with 470 people (60 percent women)
and qualitative conversations involved a further 165 (58
percent women). The questionnaire was administered 'in
situ' as people were commuting on public transport at
different times of the day and on different transport routes
in and around the city. |
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