According to a World Bank report, Decarbonizing Urban Transport for Development, the path to low-carbon urban transport looks fundamentally different in developed and developing countries.

Around the world, a large proportion of urban and inter-urban transport systems remain inaccessible to persons with disabilities Mobility constraints are a serious impediment to disability-inclusive …

Air transport is an important enabler to achieving economic growth and development. Air transport facilitates integration into the global economy and provides vital connectivity on a national, regional, …

Transport Transport plays an important role in fostering economic growth, linking people to essential services, the growth of cities, and the creation of jobs. The World Bank works with client countries to …

Transport connects people to jobs, education, health care, and opportunities, but exacts a heavy toll on people and the planet, with the poorest countries and communities paying the heaviest toll. To break …

The new efforts should focus on improving the transit regime, reforming transport market regulation, optimizing multimodal and railroad potential, and exploring air cargo transportation.

A new World Bank report identifies 10 ports, 20 road segments, and 20 border crossings in Africa that are crucial to addressing the continent’s food insecurity crisis. With 140 million Africans—one in five …

Transportation produces roughly 23 percent of the global CO2 emissions from fuel combustion. More alarmingly, transportation is the fastest growing consumer of fossil fuels and the fastest growing …

Jul 24, 2018 · Across the board, most countries have pursued logistics-related reforms and investments to build infrastructure, facilitate transportation and trade, or develop modern services. Despite this …

Nov 16, 2018 · A GEF-supported project helps improve the public transport efficiency and service in three major cities - Chengdu, Suzhou and Harbin - in China.