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Greening Growth in Pakistan through Transport Sector Reforms: A
Strategic Environmental, Poverty, and Social Assessment identifies
reforms that can help Pakistan manage its environmental priorities
given transport s impacts on air quality, noise pollution, road
safety, hazardous-materials transport, climate change, and urban
sprawl. The policy options are contextualized in light of the
government of Pakistan s 2011 Framework for Economic Growth and its
strategic objectives. This analytical work examines the poverty,
social, and environmental aspects associated with reforms that
would increase the freight transport sector s productivity to meet
the Framework s goals. It focuses on the following areas: Analyzing
the policy and institutional adjustments required to address the
environmental, social, and poverty aspects of increased
transportation efficiency in Pakistan Identifying policy options
for the government of Pakistan to better serve the population, to
enhance social cohesion, and to foster equitable benefit sharing
with low-income or other vulnerable groups Developing a broad
participatory process to give a voice to stakeholders who could be
affected by enhancements of freight transport productivity Making
robust recommendations to strengthen governance and the
institutional capacity of agencies to manage the environmental,
social, and poverty consequences of freight transportation
infrastructure The book also presents information on the economic
and institutional analyses undergirding this report and details its
methodology. Greening Growth in Pakistan through Transport Sector
Reforms is intended for policy makers, civil society, the private
sector, and academics who wish to participate in dialogues on
Pakistan s trade and transport sectors priorities. It is hoped that
this report will stimulate debate that steers these sectors and
their participants in the direction of greening economic growth."
The liberalization policy implemented in the 1970s helped Sri Lanka
to achieve middle-incomecountry status in 2010. Sri Lanka is now
poised for the next phase of economic growth and productive
employment. The two principal drivers of investment for sustained
high economic growth are international competitiveness for
export-led growth and urbanization. Crucial to both is efficient
infrastructure that shortens the international supply chain and
brings about agglomeration benefits. Investing in Infrastructure:
Harnessing Its Potential for Growth in Sri Lanka has two
objectives: To improve understanding of the infrastructure sectors,
including their current state and performance, future development
needs, investment requirements, and financing gaps. To provide
policy makers with a sound analytical basis for prioritizing
investments and designing policy interventions to mobilize funds
and using them effectively for infrastructure development.
Investing in Infrastructure: Harnessing Its Potential for Growth in
Sri Lanka assesses the country s infrastructure endowment and
performance, analyzes the contribution of infrastructure to
economic and spatial development, and outlines investment needs and
strategic priorities consistent with the framework of the Mahinda
Chintana. Further, it provides a cross-sectoral analysis of the
major infrastructure cross-cutting themes, including the links
among infrastructure, poverty reduction, and economic growth; the
infrastructure institutional and regulatory frameworks; the issues
surrounding planning, coordination, and financing of infrastructure
projects; and the potential of private-sector participation in
infrastructure financing and service provision. Finally, it
suggests policy adjustments to improve efficiency and expand
infrastructure services where needed."
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