Description: The Health Benefits of Transport Projects : A Review of the World Bank Transport Sector Lending Portfolio

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The Health Benefits of Transport Projects : A Review of the World Bank Transport Sector Lending Portfolio

This paper reviews the contribution of the World Bank's transport lending portfolio to health outcomes, as background for the Independent Evaluation Group's (IEG) evaluation of the Bank's support for health, nutrition and population...

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Main Authors:	Freeman, Peter, Mathur, Kavita
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC : World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS ROADS ACCIDENT DATA ACCIDENT RATES ACCIDENT REDUCTIONS ACCIDENTS ACTIVE TRANSPORT AIR AIR POLLUTANTS AIR POLLUTION AIR TRANSPORT AIR TRAVEL AIRCRAFT AIRPORTS ALL WEATHER ROADS AVIATION EMISSIONS BICYCLE PATHS BICYCLES BORDER CROSSINGS BUS BUS PRIORITY BUS PRIORITY LANES BUS STATIONS BUSWAYS CAR CARBON MONOXIDE CITY TRANSPORT CLEANER FUELS CLIMATE CHANGE COLLISIONS COMMUNICABLE DISEASES CONDOMS CONSTRUCTION SITES CRASH BARRIERS CRASH FATALITIES CRASHES CROSSINGS CYCLING DIABETES DIESEL DIESEL ENGINES DISABILITIES DRIVER BEHAVIOR DRIVERS LICENSES DRIVING DRIVING LIMITS DRUNK DRIVING DUST EMERGENCY SERVICES EMISSIONS EMISSIONS STANDARDS ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENFORCEMENT OF REGULATIONS ENGINE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS EXHAUST EMISSIONS EXTERNALITIES FAMILIES FATAL INJURY FATALITIES FATALITY FATALITY RATE FATALITY RATES FIRST AID FRAMEWORK FUEL FUEL PRICES GASOLINE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS HEALTH CARE HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SERVICES HIGHWAY HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT HIGHWAY PROJECT HIGHWAY REHABILITATION HIGHWAYS HIGHWAYS PROJECTS IMPACT OF TRANSPORT IMPROVEMENTS IN ROAD SAFETY INCOME INFECTIOUS DISEASES INFLUENZA INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE REHABILITATION INJURY INJURY ACCIDENTS INJURY PREVENTION INJURY RATES INLAND WATERWAY INLAND WATERWAYS LAND USE LEISURE ACTIVITIES MARITIME ACCIDENTS MASS TRANSIT MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT MODE OF TRANSPORT MODES OF TRANSPORT MORTALITY MOTOR VEHICLE MOTORCYCLISTS MOTORIZED ROAD USERS MOTORIZED TRANSPORT NATIONAL ROADS NOISE NOISE BARRIERS NOISE POLLUTION NUTRITION OZONE PEDESTRIAN PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS PEDESTRIANS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY POLLUTION POLLUTION REDUCTION PORT ACCESS PRIVATE MOTOR VEHICLES PRIVATE VEHICLE PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC TRANSIT PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC TRANSPORT PRIORITY PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEMS PUBLIC TRANSPORT USAGE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION RAIL RAILWAY RAILWAY CROSSINGS RAILWAYS ROAD ROAD ACCIDENTS ROAD CONSTRUCTION ROAD DEATHS ROAD DESIGN ROAD DESIGNS ROAD IMPROVEMENT ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD NETWORK ROAD PROJECTS ROAD SAFETY ROAD SAFETY ACTION ROAD SAFETY EDUCATION ROAD SECTOR ROAD SIGNAGE ROAD TRAFFIC ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ROAD TRANSPORT ROAD USERS ROADS ROADWAYS ROUTES RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL ROADS RURAL TRANSPORT SAFETY AGENCY SAFETY CAMPAIGNS SAFETY IMPACTS SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS SAFETY ISSUES SAFETY MEASURES SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT SEAT BELT SEAT BELT USE SEAT BELTS SIDEWALKS SIGHT DISTANCE SIGNAGE SPEED SPEED LIMITS SPREADING STATE HIGHWAY STREET LIGHTS STREETS STRUCTURES SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT TOLL TOLL ROAD TRAFFIC TRAFFIC CALMING TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES TRAFFIC CONGESTION TRAFFIC FATALITIES TRAFFIC INJURIES TRAFFIC LAWS TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TRAFFIC SAFETY TRAFFIC SIGNALS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT ACCIDENTS TRANSPORT CORRIDORS TRANSPORT EMISSIONS TRANSPORT FACILITATION TRANSPORT IMPROVEMENT TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT MODES TRANSPORT OFFICIALS TRANSPORT POLICIES TRANSPORT POLICY TRANSPORT PROJECTS TRANSPORT RESEARCH TRANSPORT SAFETY TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORT STRATEGY TRAVEL SPEEDS TRAVEL TIME TRIPS TRUCK DRIVERS UNDERPASSES URBAN PLANNERS URBAN PLANNING URBAN ROAD URBAN ROADS URBAN TRAFFIC URBAN TRAFFIC CONGESTION URBAN TRANSPORT URBAN TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE VEHICLE EMISSION VEHICLE EMISSIONS VEHICLE EXHAUST VEHICLE INSPECTIONS VEHICLE SAFETY VEHICLE SPEEDS VEHICLE USAGE VEHICLE USERS VEHICLES VULNERABLE ROAD USERS WALKING WASTE WATER POLLUTION WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/02/9333852/health-benefits-transport-projects-review-world-bank-transport-sector-lending-portfolio http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6404

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Summary:	This paper reviews the contribution of the World Bank's transport lending portfolio to health outcomes, as background for the Independent Evaluation Group's (IEG) evaluation of the Bank's support for health, nutrition and population (HNP). Over the past decade (FY97-06), the World Bank committed nearly $28 billion to 229 new transport projects managed by the Transport Sector Board (TSB). Specifically, the paper reviews the extent to which these projects: cite potential health benefits or risks in design documents; include specific objectives with respect to improving health outcomes or mitigating health risks; propose environmental improvements that are likely to provide health benefits; target transport services, and both health and behavioral outcomes to the poor; and plans to collect evidence on changes in health outcomes as a result of transport interventions. For completed projects, it assesses the extent to which expected health benefits or objectives have been achieved. This review of health benefits in the transport lending portfolio over the past decade shows that in the majority of the cases the focus has been on improvements in road safety, as measured by a reduction in the fatality or injury rates. Among the 55 projects with health related objectives, 82 percent had objectives to improve road safety, while only 7 percent had objectives to improve safety of other modes of transport and only 2 percent each had HIV/AIDS prevention or air quality improvement objectives.