Type
Position Papers
Author
World Bank
Organization
Urban Transport and Poverty Reduction (Chapter 3 from
Published in
2002
Submitted by
Peter Midgley, gTKP
Related theme(s)
Urban Mobility
Region
All Regions
Country
International

Urban Transport and Poverty Reduction (Chapter 3 from “Cities on the Move: A World Bank Urban Transport Strategy Review”

Poor people’s inability to access jobs and services is an important element of the social exclusion that defines urban poverty. Urban transport policy can attenuate this poverty, both by contributing to economic growth and by introducing a conscious poverty reduction focus to infrastructure investment, to public transport service planning, and to fare-subsidy and financing strategies. There is a rich agenda of urban transport policies that are both pro-growth and pro-poor, yet which are consistent with the fiscal capabilities of even the poorest countries.