A Means to an End – Transport & the MDGs

Despite the pervasive influence of mobility
and access issues on almost all aspects of
development, the Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs) make no explicit reference to transport. In
the transport sector we have become accustomed to
describing transport as the ‘missing link’ in the MDGs,
the ‘critical catalyst’ that was overlooked when the
eight goals were drawn up by the United Nations in
2000. In the years since, we have generated a wealth
of evidence to articulate the relationship between
transport and poverty and to justify our role in achieving
the MDGs. What has this achieved, and as we pass the
half way mark to the 2015 MDG deadline, how should
we move forward?