Urban Transport in Yangon : Institutions, Expenditures, and Funding

Yangon is the largest city and main economic powerhouse in Myanmar. The increased urbanization and economic activity in Yangon in the past decade may be potentially hampered by higher motorization and its negative impacts, particularly for the poor...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC TRANSIT URBAN TRANSPORT URBAN MOBILITY INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN PLANNING ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/246471591251239641/Urban-Transport-in-Yangon-Institutions-Expenditures-and-Funding-Myanmar-Urban-Mobility-Overview-Notes http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33889

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spelling	okr-10986-338892021-05-25T09:56:42Z Urban Transport in Yangon : Institutions, Expenditures, and Funding World Bank PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC TRANSIT URBAN TRANSPORT URBAN MOBILITY INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN PLANNING ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT Yangon is the largest city and main economic powerhouse in Myanmar. The increased urbanization and economic activity in Yangon in the past decade may be potentially hampered by higher motorization and its negative impacts, particularly for the poor, including longer travel times to jobs and services, and increasing traffic-related injuries and fatalities and pollutant emissions. The report calls for urgent actions to seize the window of opportunity brought by a growing economy and put forward actionable, simple, and affordable strategies aiming to provide efficient, equitable, clean, and safe mobility for the population in two major cities in Myanmar. This overview note presents highlights of the report for Yangon. It aims to support policy discussions on how to improve the urban transport sector performance and match with adequate funding and financing options suited to the bold vision for Yangon. 2020-06-11T20:08:14Z 2020-06-11T20:08:14Z 2020 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/246471591251239641/Urban-Transport-in-Yangon-Institutions-Expenditures-and-Funding-Myanmar-Urban-Mobility-Overview-Notes http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33889 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Urban Study East Asia and Pacific Myanmar
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description	Yangon is the largest city and main economic powerhouse in Myanmar. The increased urbanization and economic activity in Yangon in the past decade may be potentially hampered by higher motorization and its negative impacts, particularly for the poor, including longer travel times to jobs and services, and increasing traffic-related injuries and fatalities and pollutant emissions. The report calls for urgent actions to seize the window of opportunity brought by a growing economy and put forward actionable, simple, and affordable strategies aiming to provide efficient, equitable, clean, and safe mobility for the population in two major cities in Myanmar. This overview note presents highlights of the report for Yangon. It aims to support policy discussions on how to improve the urban transport sector performance and match with adequate funding and financing options suited to the bold vision for Yangon.
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title	Urban Transport in Yangon : Institutions, Expenditures, and Funding
title_short	Urban Transport in Yangon : Institutions, Expenditures, and Funding
title_full	Urban Transport in Yangon : Institutions, Expenditures, and Funding
title_fullStr	Urban Transport in Yangon : Institutions, Expenditures, and Funding
title_full_unstemmed	Urban Transport in Yangon : Institutions, Expenditures, and Funding
title_sort	urban transport in yangon : institutions, expenditures, and funding
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/246471591251239641/Urban-Transport-in-Yangon-Institutions-Expenditures-and-Funding-Myanmar-Urban-Mobility-Overview-Notes http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33889
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Urban Transport in Yangon : Institutions, Expenditures, and Funding

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