| Description |
1 online resource |
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Directions in development. Infrastructure |
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Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Infrastructure.
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| Contents |
Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Overview; Introduction; Methodology; Sector Challenges and Proposed Reforms and Interventions; Figure O.1 Ranking of Selected Developing Countries on Quality of Transport Infrastructure (out of 142 Countries); Figures; Poverty Issues Associated with Freight Transport; Priority Social Issues Associated with Freight Transport; Environmental Aspects Associated with Transport; Sectoral Reforms for Socially and Environmentally Sustainable Trade and Transport |
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Table O.1 Policy Options to Manage Poverty and Social Priority Issues Associated with Freight Transportation Sector ReformsSocial and Environmental Reforms for Socially and Environmentally Sustainable Trade and Transport; Tables; Table O.2 Policy Options to Manage Environmental Impacts Associated with Freight Transportation Sector Reforms; Notes; References; Chapter 1 Introduction; Objective; Methodology; Table 1.1 Stakeholder Identification; Contents of this Report; Notes; References; Chapter 2 Sector Status and Trade and Transport Policy Reforms |
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Figure 2.1 Ranking of Pakistan's Infrastructure out of 142 CountriesFreight Transport Sector; Table 2.1 Select Trade and Infrastructure Rankings for Asian Countries; Map 2.1 Pakistan Road Map Depicting Proposed Links; Maps; Figure 2.2 Changes in the Market Share of Road and Rail Freight, 1955-2009; Table 2.2 Pakistan Railway Traffic; Table 2.3 Earnings of Pakistan Railways; Table 2.4 Arrival Performance for Runs during March 2008 from Karachi to Lahore; Map 2.2 Proposed New Rail Links and Rehabilitation Measures; Figure 2.3 Growth Rates in the Aviation Sector, 1995-2005 |
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Table 2.5 Pakistan's Port Efficiency Relative to Comparable BenchmarksTrade Facilitation; Trade and Transport Reforms; Figure 2.4 Pakistan's Five Priority Development Themes; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Priority Issues Associated with Freight Transport Reform; Spatial Transformation; Map 3.1 District-Level Employment Shares in Pakistan's Manufacturing Sector, 2005-06; Map 3.2 Spatial Disparities in Road Density in Punjab, 2005-06; Map 3.3 Spatial Disparities in Road Density in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 2005-06; Figure 3.1 Relative Road Density in Punjab, 1992-93 versus 2005-06 |
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Table 3.1 Poverty Incidence by ProvinceEffects of Productivity Enhancements of the Transport Sector; Figure 3.2 Poverty Incidence in Districts where Road Upgradation Is Planned or Currently Undertaken; Figure 3.3 Poverty Incidence in Districts where Road Construction Is Expected; Table 3.2 Distribution of Population and Incidence of Poverty by Household Groups, 2007-08; Table 3.3 Impact of a 10 Percent Increase in TFP of All Transport Subsectors on Household Income by Household Groups |
| Summary |
This book identifies reforms that can help manage environmental priority problems associated with transport's impacts on air quality, noise pollution, road safety, hazardous-materials transport, climate change, and urban sprawl. The policy options are contextualized in light of the Government of Pakistan's 2011 Framework for Economic Growth and its strategic objectives. Appendixes A-D present additional background information, describe the economic and institutional analyses undergirding this report, and detail the report's methodology. This analytical work by a team of World Bank specialists f |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
| Subject |
Freight and freightage -- Environmental aspects -- Pakistan
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Transportation and state -- Pakistan
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Transportation.
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TRANSPORTATION -- Public Transportation.
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Freight and freightage -- Environmental aspects
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Transportation and state
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Pakistan
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2013019432 |
| ISBN |
9780821399309 |
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0821399306 |
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0821399292 |
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9780821399293 |
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1299734758 |
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9781299734753 |
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