Action and Advocacy for Sustainable Transport : Recent and Ongoing World Bank Efforts
During its 2014–15 fiscal year, the World Bank’s transport strategy focused on sustainability as part of a broader effort to eradicate poverty, raise shared prosperity, and tackle climate change. As articulated by the UN Secretary General’s High-Le...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/08/26682078/action-advocacy-sustainable-transport-recent-ongoing-world-bank-efforts http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24958 |
| Summary: | During its 2014–15 fiscal year, the
World Bank’s transport strategy focused on sustainability as
part of a broader effort to eradicate poverty, raise shared
prosperity, and tackle climate change. As articulated by the
UN Secretary General’s High-Level Advisory Group on
Sustainable Transport, sustainability encompasses heightened
access in rural and landlocked areas, low-carbon solutions
in cities, and world trade and growth stimulated by
investments in infrastructure, inter-modality, and digital
and low-carbon technologies. The World Bank’s new
commitments in fiscal year 2015 reflected this convergence,
and its operational focus has been backed by strong advocacy
on transport issues in recent global conferences and
high-level summits. |
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