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Reporting on Serious Road Traffic CasualtiesThis is a special IRTAD report prepared by a Working Group on Linking People and Hospital Data with a view to identify and assess methodologies for linking different sources of accident data in order to develop better estimates of the real number of road traffic casualties. Read More ... Type: General Knowledge, Organization: ITF and IRTAD, Published in 2012 Related theme(s): Road Safety Road Safety Management in Brazil, Russia, India and ChinaThis study examined road-safety management in Brazil, Russia, India, and China (the BRIC countries). The main topics reviewed were recent crash statistics, key governmental agencies in charge of road safety, road-safety programs, influential organizations outside of the government, key research in Read More ... Type: General Knowledge, Author: Juha Luoma and Michael Sivak, Organization: University of Michigan, Transport Research Institute, Published in 2012 Related theme(s): Road Safety Road infrastructure in Europe and Central Asia: Does network quality affect trade?We examine the impact of road network quality on intra-regional trade in Europe and Central Asia. Computerized mapping techniques are used to compile a new database of minimum-distance routes connecting 138 cities in 27 countries. Inter-country road quality indices reflecting both average and minimu Read More ... Type: General Knowledge, Author: Ben Shepherd & John S. Wilson, Organization: The World Bank, Published in 2008 Related theme(s): Trade & Transport Road Network Upgrading and Overland Trade Expansion in Sub-Saharan AfricaRecent research suggests that isolation from regional and international markets has contributed significantly to poverty in many Sub-Saharan African countries. Numerous empirical studies identify poor transport infrastructure and border restrictions as significant deterrents to trade expansion. In r Read More ... Type: General Knowledge, Author: Piet Buys, Uwe Deichmann, & David Wheeler, Organization: The World Bank, Published in 2006 Related theme(s): Trade & Transport Choosing Rural Road Investment to Help Reduce PovertyThe paper first critically reviews past and current practices in how rural road investments are selected. An attempt is then made to develop an operational approach that is grounded in a public economics framework in which efficiency and equity concerns are inseparable, information is incomplete in Read More ... Type: General Knowledge, Author: Dominique Van de Walle, Organization: The World Bank, Published in 2002 Related theme(s): Rural Transport The national impact of European Union regulatory policy: Three Europeanization mechanismsThe aim of this article is to provide a more comprehensive framework for explaining the domestic impact of European policy making. We make an analytical distinction between three mechanisms of Europeanization – institutional compliance, changing domestic opportunity structures, and framing dom Read More ... Type: General Knowledge, Author: Christoph Knill & Dirk Lehmkuhl, Organization: University of Jena, Germany & University of Zurich, Switzerland, Published in 2002 Related theme(s): Governance Shared visions, unholy alliances: power, governance and deliberative processes in local transport planningIn this paper our aim is to bring some critical reflection to bear on the upsurge of participatory rhetoric in local governance. The research we discuss investigates two case studies of deliberative exercises used by local authorities to develop their Local Transport Plans, chosen as exemplars of au Read More ... Type: General Knowledge, Author: Karen Bickerstaff & Gordon Walker, Organization: School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia - Institute for Environment and Sustainability Research, Department of Geography, Published in 2005 Related theme(s): Governance International comparison of light-duty vehicle fuel economy and related characteristicsThe International Energy Agency, in partnership with the Global Fuel Economy Initiative (GFEI), and with a grant from FIA Foundation (a GFEI partner), has undertaken a research program on fuel economy of light‐duty vehicles (LDVs) around the world. This brief is a product of that effort, and repor Read More ... Type: General Knowledge, Author: Lew Fulton & François Cuenot, Organization: International Energy Agency, Published in 2011 Related theme(s): Environment & Climate Change, Urban Mobility Cities and PPPsThe fourth issue of the IFC quarterly journal Handshake: viewer.zmags.com/publication/4dfa4862#/4dfa4862/1 In original articles and interviews, experts explore how throughtfully tailored urban infrastructure can enhance the proximity among people that makes innovation possible, and how PPPs facili Read More ... Type: General Knowledge, Organization: International Finance Corporation, Published in 2012 Related theme(s): Finances & Economics, Finances & Economics, Urban Mobility Public Private Partnerships: Beyond the Financing Aspects An IRF discussion paper aiming to highlight the economical advantages of public/private partnership contracts over traditional forms of contracting. Read More ... Type: General Knowledge, Author: IRF Team, Organization: IRF, Published in 2008 Related theme(s): Finances & Economics |