Transport and the Village in Sub-Saharan Africa

Transport and the Village in Sub-Saharan Africa

Past efforts to improve rural transport in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have focused principally on building and maintaining roads. The issues of rural access, mobility and household transport were paid little attention. This study emphasizes the significance of village-level transport in meeting the basic subsistence needs of rural households. A series of five surveys on village-level travel and transport, complemented by case studies, was carried out through the Rural Travel and Transport Program (RTTP) under the Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Program. These surveys and studies covered five areas of three countries in SSA: Burkina Faso, Uganda, and Zambia. Eight hundred forty (840) households in 42 villages were covered by the investigation. The five areas cover a range of different physical environments from the Sahel to the Savanna and Montage ecosystems and contain examples of both dispersed and nucleated settlements, as well as different population densities.

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Main Author: Ian Barnwell
Language:English
Published: 1997-03
Subjects:ACCESS TO SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL INCOMES, BICYCLES, BUSES, CARTS, CROP PRODUCTION, DOMESTIC TRANSPORT, FIREWOOD COLLECTION, FOOTPATHS, FRAMEWORK, GOOD RURAL ROAD ACCESS, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD TRANSPORT, HOUSEHOLD TRAVEL, HUMAN ENERGY, IMT, INCOME, INTERMEDIATE MEANS OF TRANSPORT, LOADING, MAIN ROAD, MEANS OF TRANSPORT, MOBILITY, MOTORCYCLES, PASSENGER, PASSENGER TRANSPORT, PASSENGER TRANSPORT SERVICES, PERSONAL TRAVEL, POOR, POOR RURAL AREAS, POPULATION DENSITIES, ROAD, ROAD IMPROVEMENT, ROAD WORKS, ROADS, RURAL, RURAL ACCESS, RURAL AREAS, RURAL COMMUNITIES, RURAL CREDIT, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, RURAL PEOPLE, RURAL ROAD, RURAL ROADS, RURAL TRANSPORT, RURAL TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, RURAL TRANSPORT PLANNING, RURAL TRANSPORT STRATEGIES, RURAL TRANSPORT STRATEGY, RURAL TRAVEL, TRACKS, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT BURDEN, TRANSPORT BURDEN ON WOMEN, TRANSPORT OF GOODS, TRANSPORT PATTERNS, TRANSPORT PLANNING, TRANSPORT POLICY, TRANSPORT PROBLEMS, TRANSPORT SERVICES, TRANSPORT STRATEGIES, TRANSPORT STRATEGY, TRANSPORT SURVEYS, TRANSPORT TASKS, TRANSPORT · · BURDEN, TRUCKS, VEHICLE, WHEELBARROWS, WOMEN RIDING BICYCLES,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1997/03/12862018/transport-village-sub-saharan-africa
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/9939
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Summary:Past efforts to improve rural transport in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have focused principally on building and maintaining roads. The issues of rural access, mobility and household transport were paid little attention. This study emphasizes the significance of village-level transport in meeting the basic subsistence needs of rural households. A series of five surveys on village-level travel and transport, complemented by case studies, was carried out through the Rural Travel and Transport Program (RTTP) under the Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Program. These surveys and studies covered five areas of three countries in SSA: Burkina Faso, Uganda, and Zambia. Eight hundred forty (840) households in 42 villages were covered by the investigation. The five areas cover a range of different physical environments from the Sahel to the Savanna and Montage ecosystems and contain examples of both dispersed and nucleated settlements, as well as different population densities.

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