Transport Policies and Development

This survey reviews the current state of the economic literature, assessing the impact of transport policies on growth, inclusion, and sustainability in a developing country context. The findings are summarized and methodologies are critically assessed, especially those dealing with endogeneity issues in empirical studies. The specific implementation challenges of transport policies in developing countries are discussed.

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Main Authors: Berg, Claudia N., Deichmann, Uwe, Liu, Yishen, Selod, Harris
Format: Working Paper biblioteca
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015-07
Subjects:PUBLIC TRANSIT, TRANSPORT SECTOR, GASOLINE TAX, CITY TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT SERVICES, INTERCITY RAIL, COST OF TRAVEL, CARBON DIOXIDE, TRANSPORT POLICY INTERVENTION, RAPID TRANSIT, TRANSPORTATION COSTS, ROAD BUILDING, TRANSPORT SUBSIDIES, CAR OWNERSHIP, PEAK DRIVING, ELASTICITY, TREND, GASOLINE, JOURNEY, RAIL TRANSPORTATION, TRAVEL DECISIONS, TRAVEL SPEED, TOLL, TRANSPORTATION POLICY, NEIGHBORHOODS, IMPACT OF TRANSPORT COSTS, ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE, AIRPORTS, AIR, TRANSPORT INVESTMENT, ROAD CAPACITY, ROAD CONGESTION, PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, POLLUTION EXTERNALITIES, HIGHWAY INVESTMENTS, TRANSPORT ACCESS, PRICE INCENTIVES, FUEL ECONOMY, CAR USE, RAIL TRANSPORT, AIR POLLUTION, TRAINING, TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, IMPACT OF TRANSPORT, VEHICLE EMISSIONS, HIGHWAY CONGESTION, EXTERNALITIES, RAIL ACCESS, ROAD IMPROVEMENT, URBAN RAIL, RAIL CONNECTIONS, FUEL TAXES, ROAD QUALITY, SUBSIDIES, INFRASTRUCTURE, CARBON EMISSIONS, LAND USE, BUSES, TRANSPORT NETWORK, EMISSION, CONGESTION, DRIVING, TRANSPORTATION, INTERNATIONAL FUEL TAX, TRAFFIC INJURIES, FUEL EFFICIENCY, TRANSPORT CHOICES, POLICIES, PRICE ELASTICITIES, CARS, ACCESSIBILITY, PUBLIC TRANSPORT USE, INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS, FOSSIL FUEL, FARE REDUCTIONS, FUEL TAX, RAILWAY, ROAD PROJECTS, HIGHWAYS, ACCIDENT EXTERNALITIES, ROADS, CAR, CROSSING, SPRAWL, RAILROAD, TRAVEL DISTANCE, MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVEL, TAXIS, TRANSPORTATION COST, AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES, HIGH TRANSPORT, FATALITIES, RAIL, FUEL, TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGY, TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS, TRANSPORT SYSTEM, ROAD CONNECTIONS, ROAD INVESTMENT, DIESEL, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, TRAVEL TIME, URBAN SPRAWL, TRANSPORT POLICIES, FREIGHT, DEMAND FOR AUTOMOBILE FUEL, URBAN TRANSPORTATION, ROAD TRAFFIC, VEHICLE-MILES, URBAN TRANSPORT, AUTOMOBILE, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, VEHICLES, URBAN ROAD, PROPERTY RIGHTS, FARES, EMISSIONS, CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS, ROAD PRICING, HIGHWAY SYSTEM, CENTRAL CITIES, TRAFFIC, TAX, ROUTES, VEHICLE USE, RAIL TRANSIT, TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, DRIVERS, VEHICLE, VEHICLE TRAVEL, ROAD, TRANSPORT ECONOMICS, TRANSPORT INVESTMENTS, TOLLS, COMMUTERS, COSTS, FUEL TAXATION, ROAD NETWORK, TRANSPORT, POPULATION GROWTH, INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM, PEAK HOURS, RAILWAY NETWORK, MOBILITY, DEMAND FOR TRANSPORT, HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS, POLLUTION, TRUE, EFFICIENT TRANSPORT, LENGTH OF ROAD, TOLL PRICING, ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITIES, SUBURBS, RAIL STATIONS, RURAL ROADS, FUEL CONSUMPTION, ROUTE, TRANSPORT POLICY, TAXES, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, BUS, SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT, TRAVEL, TRANSIT, BORDER CROSSING, TRANSPORT RESEARCH, CAR OWNERSHIP RATES, ELASTICITIES, DISCOURAGING CAR USE, RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE, MOTOR VEHICLE, POPULATION DENSITY, MILES PER CAPITA, DRIVING RESTRICTIONS, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, PASSENGER TRAVEL, TOLL ROADS, CARBON MONOXIDE, HIGHWAY NETWORK, VEHICLE RESTRICTIONS, STREETS, HIGHWAY, ROAD EXPANSION, INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS, RAILWAYS, ACCIDENTS, RIDERSHIP, RAILROADS, URBAN RAIL TRANSIT, FUEL EFFICIENCY STANDARDS, INVESTMENTS, TRANSPORT MARKETS, COSTS OF TRANSPORT, COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS, PEDESTRIANS, SUBURBAN TRANSIT, TRANSPORT IMPACTS, EMISSION STANDARDS, TRANSPORT COSTS, TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, URBAN RAIL TRANSIT EXPANSIONS, EXPRESSWAYS, TRANSIT SYSTEM,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24779047/transport-policies-development
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22450
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Summary:This survey reviews the current state of the economic literature, assessing the impact of transport policies on growth, inclusion, and sustainability in a developing country context. The findings are summarized and methodologies are critically assessed, especially those dealing with endogeneity issues in empirical studies. The specific implementation challenges of transport policies in developing countries are discussed.