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Rural Transport Policy Development Process 1:3:a Rural Transport Knowledge Base Rural Travel and Transport Program 20011 RURAL TRANSPORT POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
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@MISC{Robinson_ruraltransport,
author = {D. Robinson and G. Banjo and World Bank},
title = {Rural Transport Policy Development Process 1:3:a Rural Transport Knowledge Base Rural Travel and Transport Program 20011 RURAL TRANSPORT POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
Rural transport plays a central role in the economic development of any country. Large numbers of passengers and large tonnage of goods are moved by road; industry, agriculture and commerce rely on road transport for both inputs and outputs, and their production relies to a large extent on effective and efficient transport operations. At the local level, rural communities rely on transport to meet their daily needs for water, firewood and access to farms. Yet, there is substantial evidence to suggest that rural roads are badly planned and under funded, and that transport services are infrequent, unsafe and expensive. It is therefore important that road networks and rural transport are managed effectively and efficiently, for which an effective policy framework is necessary. This paper aims to give an account of policy requirements for rural transport provision including infrastructure, transport means, legal requirements and issues of sustainability etc. Issues concerning management and finance of rural roads are investigated further in Module 3. Key issues The general issues for national-level policy discussed in this paper include:
Keyphrases
rural transport policy development process transport program rural road rural transport road transport economic development production relies large number efficient transport operation central role substantial evidence large tonnage effective policy framework rural community paper include transport mean key issue daily need rural transport provision road network transport service legal requirement large extent local level policy requirement general issue national-level policy
