Transport Policies and Development

This survey reviews the current state of the economic literature, assessing the impact of transport policies on growth, inclusion, and sustainability in a developing country context. The findings are summarized and methodologies are critically ass...

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Main Authors:	Berg, Claudia N., Deichmann, Uwe, Liu, Yishen, Selod, Harris
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	PUBLIC TRANSIT TRANSPORT SECTOR GASOLINE TAX CITY TRANSPORT TRANSPORT SERVICES INTERCITY RAIL COST OF TRAVEL CARBON DIOXIDE TRANSPORT POLICY INTERVENTION RAPID TRANSIT TRANSPORTATION COSTS ROAD BUILDING TRANSPORT SUBSIDIES CAR OWNERSHIP PEAK DRIVING ELASTICITY TREND GASOLINE JOURNEY RAIL TRANSPORTATION TRAVEL DECISIONS TRAVEL SPEED TOLL TRANSPORTATION POLICY NEIGHBORHOODS IMPACT OF TRANSPORT COSTS ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE AIRPORTS AIR TRANSPORT INVESTMENT ROAD CAPACITY ROAD CONGESTION PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEMS POLLUTION EXTERNALITIES HIGHWAY INVESTMENTS TRANSPORT ACCESS PRICE INCENTIVES FUEL ECONOMY CAR USE RAIL TRANSPORT AIR POLLUTION TRAINING TRANSPORT SYSTEMS IMPACT OF TRANSPORT VEHICLE EMISSIONS HIGHWAY CONGESTION EXTERNALITIES RAIL ACCESS ROAD IMPROVEMENT URBAN RAIL RAIL CONNECTIONS FUEL TAXES ROAD QUALITY SUBSIDIES INFRASTRUCTURE CARBON EMISSIONS LAND USE BUSES TRANSPORT NETWORK EMISSION CONGESTION DRIVING TRANSPORTATION INTERNATIONAL FUEL TAX TRAFFIC INJURIES FUEL EFFICIENCY TRANSPORT CHOICES POLICIES PRICE ELASTICITIES CARS ACCESSIBILITY PUBLIC TRANSPORT USE INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS FOSSIL FUEL FARE REDUCTIONS FUEL TAX RAILWAY ROAD PROJECTS HIGHWAYS ACCIDENT EXTERNALITIES ROADS CAR CROSSING SPRAWL RAILROAD TRAVEL DISTANCE MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVEL TAXIS TRANSPORTATION COST AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES HIGH TRANSPORT FATALITIES RAIL FUEL TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGY TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS TRANSPORT SYSTEM ROAD CONNECTIONS ROAD INVESTMENT DIESEL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TRAVEL TIME URBAN SPRAWL TRANSPORT POLICIES FREIGHT DEMAND FOR AUTOMOBILE FUEL URBAN TRANSPORTATION ROAD TRAFFIC VEHICLE-MILES URBAN TRANSPORT AUTOMOBILE TRAFFIC CONGESTION ROAD IMPROVEMENTS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE VEHICLES URBAN ROAD PROPERTY RIGHTS FARES EMISSIONS CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS ROAD PRICING HIGHWAY SYSTEM CENTRAL CITIES TRAFFIC TAX ROUTES VEHICLE USE RAIL TRANSIT TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE DRIVERS VEHICLE VEHICLE TRAVEL ROAD TRANSPORT ECONOMICS TRANSPORT INVESTMENTS TOLLS COMMUTERS COSTS FUEL TAXATION ROAD NETWORK TRANSPORT POPULATION GROWTH INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM PEAK HOURS RAILWAY NETWORK MOBILITY DEMAND FOR TRANSPORT HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS POLLUTION TRUE EFFICIENT TRANSPORT LENGTH OF ROAD TOLL PRICING ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITIES SUBURBS RAIL STATIONS RURAL ROADS FUEL CONSUMPTION ROUTE TRANSPORT POLICY TAXES INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BUS SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT TRAVEL TRANSIT BORDER CROSSING TRANSPORT RESEARCH CAR OWNERSHIP RATES ELASTICITIES DISCOURAGING CAR USE RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE MOTOR VEHICLE POPULATION DENSITY MILES PER CAPITA DRIVING RESTRICTIONS PUBLIC TRANSPORT PASSENGER TRAVEL TOLL ROADS CARBON MONOXIDE HIGHWAY NETWORK VEHICLE RESTRICTIONS STREETS HIGHWAY ROAD EXPANSION INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS RAILWAYS ACCIDENTS RIDERSHIP RAILROADS URBAN RAIL TRANSIT FUEL EFFICIENCY STANDARDS INVESTMENTS TRANSPORT MARKETS COSTS OF TRANSPORT COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS PEDESTRIANS SUBURBAN TRANSIT TRANSPORT IMPACTS EMISSION STANDARDS TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES URBAN RAIL TRANSIT EXPANSIONS EXPRESSWAYS TRANSIT SYSTEM
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24779047/transport-policies-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22450

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Summary:	This survey reviews the current state of the economic literature, assessing the impact of transport policies on growth, inclusion, and sustainability in a developing country context. The findings are summarized and methodologies are critically assessed, especially those dealing with endogeneity issues in empirical studies. The specific implementation challenges of transport policies in developing countries are discussed.

Transport Policies and Development

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