A Decade of Action in Transport: An Evaluation of World Bank Assistance to the Transport Sector, 1995-2005 (Operations Evaluation Studies)

Contents......Page 5
Abbreviations......Page 9
Acknowledgments......Page 11
Foreword......Page 13
Executive Summary......Page 15
Management Response to IEG Recommendations......Page 21
Chairperson's Summary: Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE)......Page 25
Statement of the External Advisory Panel......Page 29
Role and Nature of Transport......Page 37
Evaluation Method......Page 39
Global Transport: Trends and Issues......Page 43
Foundations and Relevance of the Bank's Current Transport Strategy......Page 45
2.1 Trends in IBRD/IDA Lending by Major Sector Groups, 1991-2004......Page 47
Sector Outcomes......Page 48
Trends in Bank Lending to Transport......Page 53
3.2 IEG Ratings of Overall Project Outcome, Institutional Development, and Sustainability by Exit Year, Fiscal 1992–2006......Page 56
3.3 IBRD/IDA Commitments for Transport ($ billions): Distribution by Transport Mode, Fiscal 1995-2000 and Fiscal 2001–06......Page 57
3.3 Trends in IBRD/IDA Commitments for Transport by Region......Page 61
Nonlending Assistance......Page 63
International Trends in Privatization......Page 71
Bank Performance in Encouraging Private Sector Involvement......Page 73
Overall Transport Performance......Page 77
Maintaining the Assets......Page 81
The Importance of Good Governance......Page 85
5.1 Analysis of Performance by Institutional Development Objectives, Transport Sector Board Projects, Fiscal 1995–2006......Page 88
Rural Transport and Poverty......Page 93
Urban Transport and Poverty......Page 95
African Transport and Poverty......Page 97
Project Supervision......Page 103
Results Measurement......Page 104
7.1 Average Economic Rate of Return of Transport Projects, Approval Years 1995–2005......Page 106
Findings and Lessons......Page 109
Recommendations......Page 114
Appendixes......Page 117
A: Study Logic and Statistics......Page 119
B: Background Paper Summaries......Page 149
C: MIGA Support for Transport Projects......Page 175
D: IFC's Experience in the Transport Sector......Page 181
E: Bank Transport Staff Interview Results......Page 189
F: Stakeholder Interviews......Page 195
G: Bank Documents and Transport Sector Board Activities......Page 197
Endnotes......Page 199
Bibliography......Page 205
3.1 Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Program......Page 64
4.1 Mobilizing Private Finance for Road Development in China......Page 75
5.1 Performance-Based Contracting of Road Maintenance in Argentina......Page 84
5.2 Lessons on Reducing Urban Pollution......Page 89
6.1 Improving Road Access in Rural Lesotho and Ghana......Page 94
6.2 Bangabhandu Jamuna River Bridge, Bangladesh—How Transport Infrastructure Can Stimulate Development......Page 96
6.3 The World Bank Group Africa Action Plan......Page 99
6.4 Lesotho Road Rehabilitation Project—Limited Capacity Impedes Reform......Page 100
ES.1 Private Sector Investment in the Transport Sector......Page 17
2.2 Private Sector Investment in Transport Projects in Developing Countries, 1990–2005......Page 49
3.2 Trends in Average Project Size, Transport Sector Projects versus All Other Projects, Fiscal 1995–2005......Page 54
3.4 IEG Ratings for Outcome, Sustainability, and Institutional Development (Approval Year Fiscal 1995–2006)......Page 62
3.1 IBRD/IDA Commitments for Transport ($ billions): Share of Top 5 and Top 10 Countries, Fiscal 1995–2000 and Fiscal 2001–06......Page 55
3.4 Transport Sector Board Projects, Fiscal 1995–2006: Analysis of Performance by Physical Infrastructure Objectives......Page 58
3.6 Economic and Sector Work Strategy Documents by Region, 1995–2005......Page 65
4.1 Analysis of Performance by Private Sector Development Objectives, Transport Sector Board Projects, Fiscal 1995–2006......Page 74
6.1 Distribution of Urban Projects and Components, Closed and Active (1995–2005)......Page 98