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The resources in the Africa and Middle East Centre are structured as follows:

By type of knowledge:
Road Safety | Environment | Public Private Partnership | Intelligent Transport Systems | Regional Development

By geographical region:
Americas | Asia and the Pacific | Europe | Africa and Middle East | International

By type of resource:
Policy and regulations | Position papers | Guidelines and manuals | Case studies | Overviews and activity reports

MVA Fund Launches 'Kids Power' Campaign in Kavango and Caprivi Regions

  • Date : 18 June 2010
  • Region : Africa and Middle East
  • Type of Knowledge : Road Safety
  • Type of Resources : Overviews and activity reports

Short summary: The MVA Fund this week empowered children in the Kavango and Caprivi regions with vital information about road safety, as part of the launch of the Kids Power campaign.

At Rundu the event was attended by an overwhelming 1500 children while Katima Mulilo recorded a turnout of 800 school going children.

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Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA): Report on Leicester Roads trials

  • Date : 16 December 2009
  • Region : Africa and Middle East
  • Type of Knowledge : Environment
  • Type of Resources : Overviews and activity reports

Short summary: This report and its appendixes form the basic framework for a new guideline on Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) in South Africa.

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Guidelines for the Development of Road Safety Master Plans

  • Date : 09 June 2009
  • Region : Africa and Middle East
  • Type of Knowledge : Road Safety
  • Type of Resources : Case studies

Short summary: The City of Tshwane acknowledged the problem and developed road safety master plans in collaboration with stakeholders and the community. The master plans mainly focused on the provision of engineering measures such as pedestrian bridges, walkways, raised pedestrian crossings, speed humps and loading facilities at schools, but due attention was also paid to education, awareness raising, law enforcement and evaluation.

The process has been found to be highly successful and has resulted in the City’s receiving a number of national and international awards. The process has now been implemented in all previously disadvantaged areas of the city and is being integrated in the established areas in the city.

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Transport et Personnes Handicapees au Cameroun: Inertie eg/ou Production des Handicapes

  • Date : 28 May 2009
  • Region : Africa and Middle East
  • Type of Knowledge : Road Safety
  • Type of Resources : Case studies

Short summary: Nous ne le dirons jamais assez, le transport rural au Cameroun est un secteur social et économique méconnu et négligé. Il est ainsi du transport rural interne et des échanges avec les zones urbaines. Néanmoins, un mode de transport rural « clandestin », s’est développé, reliant les milieux ruraux et les centres urbains et les zones rurales entre elles et à l’intérieur de chacune d’elles. Il est opérationnel et permet les échanges socioéconomiques des populations rurales et urbaines. Notre centre d’intérêt ici porte sur les personnes handicapées et les personnes à mobilité réduite. Nous voulons dire, les personnes âgées, les enfants, les femmes enceintes, les personnes malades (les cardiaques graves, les tuberculeux, les asthmatiques graves, les lépreux, les sidéens, etc.), les handicapés moteurs, les handicapés mentaux, etc.

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Mobility for Development

  • Date : 28 May 2009
  • Region : Africa and Middle East
  • Type of Knowledge : Road Safety
  • Type of Resources : Case studies

Short summary: This case study was prepared as input for a stakeholder dialogue that was held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on April 3, 2007. A draft of the case study was distributed to the participants prior to the meeting and the principal findings and conclusions were presented during the meeting. Comments from the stakeholder dialog are briefly summarized in Chapter 11. The participants' comments are reflected in this revised version of the case study.

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Road Safety in India: Challenges and Opportunities

  • Date : 14 May 2009
  • Region : Africa and Middle East
  • Type of Knowledge : Road Safety
  • Type of Resources : Case studies

Short summary: The present report was designed to analyze the traffic safety situation in India, and
to identify countermeasures for areas in which the total harm caused by crashes can be
substantially and readily reduced. The report focuses on two aspects of traffic safety in
India: challenges and opportunities. The first part of the report provides a
comprehensive analysis of the current traffic safety situation in India. It is pointed out
in this analysis that fatality rates have increased both on highways and in urban areas
during the past few years. Theoretical models suggest that the number of fatalities in
India is not likely to start to decline for many years to come unless new policies are
implemented. Based on the present analysis, the following six areas are identified as
having potential for substantially reducing fatalities in India: (1) pedestrians and other
non-motorists in urban areas, (2) pedestrians, other non-motorists, and slow vehicles on
highways, (3) motorcycles and small cars in urban areas, (4) over-involvement of trucks
and buses, (5) nighttime driving, and (6) wrong-way drivers on divided highways. The
second part of the report outlines several promising countermeasures for each of these
six areas. The third part of the report presents a brief comparison of major traffic safety
challenges in India and China.

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Infrastructure PPP in Asia

  • Date : 01 January 2006
  • Region : Africa and Middle East
  • Type of Knowledge : Road Safety
  • Type of Resources : Case studies

Short summary:

This web-report summarises the outcomes of a survey held by Norton Rose, a legal firm, amongst market participants to get more insights in barriers for project development in Asia. The countries surveyed were China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The report looks into what risks are dominant in the various countries and transportation sectors. It also identifies upcoming market opportunities.

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Working Together – Assessing Public-Private Partnerships in Africa

  • Date : 01 February 2005
  • Region : Africa and Middle East
  • Type of Knowledge : Public Private Partnership
  • Type of Resources : Case studies

Short summary:

This study, performed by SAIIA within the NEPAD Policy Focus series, contains a review of 15 years of Public Private Partnerships in sub-Saharan Africa in all domains. It is aimed to provide governments and the private sector parties recommendations based on the past experiences. The study comprises eight case studies throughout different infrastructure domains; the N4 toll road project between South Africa and Mozambique was looked at for the purpose of learning from road infrastructure PPPs. The overall conclusion of the report is somewhat hesitant, indicating that PPPs can bring overall benefits, but at the same time referring to the current lack of skills and competence to deal with such complex contractual arrangements.

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Tanzania Case Study (Mobility for development) (2007)

  • Date : -
  • Region : Africa and Middle East
  • Type of Knowledge : Environment
  • Type of Resources : Case studies

Short summary: The University of Dar es Salaam undertook this case study on behalf of the Mobility for Development (M4D) Project at the WBCSD. The objectives of this case study are to assess the mobility challenges and opportunities within Tanzania with specific reference to Dar es Salaam. In particular, the study is designed to:
1. Raise awareness of the importance of the mobility as a driver for economic development
2. Examine opportunities to narrow the “mobility opportunity divide”1
3. Identify high-priority sustainable mobility issues that can enable economic development in Tanzania and Dar es Salaam.


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