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ManagementStrategic ManagementStrategyTransportTransportationTransportation PolicySustainable TransportSustainable TransportationTransport GovernanceTransport InfrastructureTransport PolicyTransportation EconomicsAffordable TransportationAgenda AccessEconomic Development StrategyIntersectoral CooperationTransport Policy IntegrationWorld Bank Development PolicyWorld Bank Group
The 1996 World Bank strategy, sustainable transport, had as its pillars social, financial, economic, and environmental sustainability, acknowledging the likelihood of tradeoffs. This background paper was prepared to inform the update of the 1996 strategy. It presents in more detail the arguments for broadening the transport agenda, and seeking stronger intersectoral connections and synergies. Overall, the goal of the Bank strategy is safe, clean, and affordable transport that contributes to economic development. The authors are thus moving from a strategy based on transport modes to a business approach driven by results, inside and outside the transport sector. As with other infrastructure sectors, transport is above everything an access agenda, aimed at unlocking growth and development potential in an inclusive fashion. This paper focuses on transport in four main ways: its development impact (chapter two); transport policies (chapter three); modes of transport (chapter four); and regional transport priorities (chapter five). Each focus has influenced the update, which is summarized in (chapter six).