Urban Transport in Asia: An Operational Agenda for the 1990s

Abstract

The extent to which Asian cities meet the challenges of urbanization and contribute to macroeconomic performance will, to a large extent, depend on how efficiently they can transport the goods, services, information and people upon which their economic activities depend. The intrinsic development of the urban transport sector and its response to the pace, scale and nature of urbanization and economic development in the 1990s will determine to a large extent the nature and form of Asian cities in the early twenty first century. The performance of the urban transport sector in Asia in the 1980s has been mixed. It is clear that the demands on the sector will be even greater in the 1990s and that new approaches are needed to rectify the issues inherited from the past and meet the following challenges of the future. These challenges are unique in their scope, scale and pace of change and require a response which is tailor made to the region. The paper presents new approaches for the transport sector, the implications of these actions for World Bank operation and the role of agencies in ensuring the availability of adequate and timely external aid.

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