The World Bank's Assistance to China's Transport Sector

China's economic development since the opening of its economy in the late 1970s has resulted in an eight percent average annual rate of economic growth. Key facets of this growth are rapidly increasing domestic and foreign trade as well as increasing personal mobility and consumption of energy. The deficiencies of the Chinese road and highway system have in particular created a bottleneck in China's economic development. The major objective of the China country assistance strategy (since the 1980s) was to alleviate infrastructure bottlenecks, in providing financial resources and promoting sector reforms in China. In 1997-98, the World Bank worked together with the Chinese government in completing a review of the transport sector and preparing an intermodal transport strategy. The strategy provides proposals for increasing competition and efficiency, identifies the changing patterns of demand for transport, and advances the analysis of investment needs of the sector and their financing.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Churchill, Anthony, Thum, Cordula
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2005-04-27
Subjects:	ACCESSIBILITY, ACCIDENT COSTS, ACCIDENT RATES, ACCOUNTABILITY, ACCOUNTING, ADB, ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, AIR, AIR POLLUTION, AUTONOMY, AVERAGE SPEED, AXLE LOAD, BANKS, BICYCLES, BOTTLENECK, BOTTLENECKS, BRIDGE, BRIDGES, BUS, BUS OPERATORS, CAPITAL FLOWS, CAPITAL INVESTMENT, CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, CAR, CAR OWNERSHIP, CARS, CONGESTION, CONGESTION PRICING, CONGESTION PROBLEMS, COST OF CAPITAL, COST VARIATIONS, DEBT, DEFICITS, DEMAND FOR TRANSPORT, DEMAND FOR TRAVEL, DRIVER BEHAVIOR, DRIVERS, ECONOMIC REFORM, EFFICIENT TRANSPORT, EFFICIENT TRANSPORT SYSTEM, ENFORCEMENT OF TRAFFIC REGULATIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, EXPRESSWAYS, EXTERNALITIES, FATALITIES, FEEDER ROADS, FINANCIAL STRUCTURE, FOREIGN EXCHANGE, FREIGHT, FREIGHT TRANSPORT, FUEL, FUEL PRICES, FUEL TAX, FUEL TAXATION, FUEL TAXES, GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION, GRADE, GROSS REVENUE, HAULAGE BUSINESS, HEAVY VEHICLES, HIGH-PRIORITY CORRIDORS, HIGHWAY, HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, HIGHWAY AGENCIES, HIGHWAY CAPACITY, HIGHWAY CAPACITY EXPANSION, HIGHWAY CAPITAL, HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION, HIGHWAY DESIGN, HIGHWAY EXPANSION, HIGHWAY FINANCE, HIGHWAY FINANCING, HIGHWAY FUNDING, HIGHWAY LAW, HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE, HIGHWAY NETWORK, HIGHWAY PROGRAM, HIGHWAY PROJECT, HIGHWAY PROJECTS, HIGHWAY SAFETY, HIGHWAY SYSTEM, HIGHWAY USE, HIGHWAY USER, HIGHWAY USERS, HIGHWAYS, HOUSING, INCOME, INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING, INLAND WATERWAY, INLAND WATERWAY TRANSPORT, INLAND WATERWAYS, INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INSURANCE, INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, INTEREST RATES, LABOR COSTS, LAND TRANSPORT, LEGAL FRAMEWORK, LIQUID ASSETS, LOAN FINANCING, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, MAIN ROADS, MANDATES, METROPOLITAN TRANSPORT, MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, MOBILITY, NATIONAL RAILWAY, OPERATING COSTS, OPERATING EFFICIENCY, PASSENGER, PASSENGER SERVICES, PASSENGER TRANSPORT, PASSENGERS, PAVEMENT, PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT, PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PERSONAL MOBILITY, PMS, POLLUTION, POPULATION DENSITIES, PORTS, PRODUCTIVITY, PUBLIC DEBT, PUBLIC ENTERPRISES, PUBLIC SERVICES, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES, RAIL, RAIL FREIGHT, RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE, RAIL NETWORK, RAIL TRACK, RAIL TRANSPORT, RAILWAY, RAILWAY ADMINISTRATION, RAILWAY INVESTMENT, RAILWAY SECTOR, RAILWAY SYSTEM, RAILWAYS, RATE OF RETURN, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, RESETTLEMENT, RING ROADS, ROAD, ROAD ACCIDENTS, ROAD CAPACITY, ROAD CONSTRUCTION, ROAD DENSITY, ROAD DEVELOPMENT, ROAD EXPANSION, ROAD HAULAGE, ROAD IMPROVEMENT, ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE, ROAD MAINTENANCE, ROAD NETWORK, ROAD PRICING, ROAD PROJECTS, ROAD SAFETY, ROAD SECTOR, ROAD SYSTEM, ROAD TRAFFIC, ROAD TRANSPORT, ROAD USE, ROAD USER, ROAD USER CHARGE, ROAD USER CHARGES, ROADS, ROADWAY, ROUTES, RURAL ROADS, SAFETY INITIATIVES, SAFETY ISSUES, SAVINGS, SOCIAL SERVICES, SPAN, STATE ENTERPRISES, STATE INTERVENTION, SUBWAY, SURFACE TRANSPORT, TAXES ON ROAD USERS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TIRES, TOLL, TOLL BOOTHS, TOLL FACILITIES, TOLL ROAD, TOLL ROAD PROJECTS, TOLL ROADS, TOLLS, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC CAPACITY, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, TRAFFIC FATALITIES, TRAFFIC LEVELS, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, TRAFFIC NOISE, TRAFFIC REGULATIONS, TRAFFIC SAFETY, TRAFFIC VOLUMES, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT CAPACITY, TRANSPORT COSTS, TRANSPORT DEMAND, TRANSPORT IMPROVEMENT, TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT MARKETS, TRANSPORT MODES, TRANSPORT OPERATIONS, TRANSPORT POLICY, TRANSPORT POLICY MEASURES, TRANSPORT PROJECTS, TRANSPORT SECTOR, TRANSPORT SERVICES, TRANSPORT STRATEGY, TRANSPORT SYSTEM, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION COSTS, TRUCKING, TRUCKS, TRUST FUNDS, TUNNELS, UNDERGROUND, URBAN RAIL, URBAN RAIL SYSTEMS, URBAN TRANSPORT, URBAN TRANSPORT SYSTEM, URBANIZATION, VEHICLE, VEHICLE ENGINES, VEHICLE REGISTRATION, VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEES, VEHICLE USE, VEHICLES, WATER USE,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/04/20106463/world-banks-assistance-chinas-transport-sector http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20212
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