TY - BOOK ID - 30509297 TI - Greening growth in Pakistan through transport sector reforms : a strategic environmental, poverty, and social assessment PY - 2013 SN - 0821399306 0821399292 1299734758 PB - Washington, DC : The World Bank, DB - UniCat KW - Freight and freightage KW - Transportation and state KW - Environmental aspects KW - State and transportation KW - Transportation KW - Transportation policy KW - Affreightment KW - Cargo KW - Freight handling KW - Government policy KW - Freight KW - Freight transportation KW - Freightage KW - Materials handling UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:30509297 AB - This book identifies reforms that can help manage environmental priority problems associated with transports 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 Pakistans 2011 Framework for Economic Growth and its strategic objectives. Appendixes A-D present additional background information, describe the economic and institutional analyses undergirding this report, and detail the reports methodology.This analytical work by a team of World Bank specialists focuses on: analyzing the policy and institutional adjustments required to address 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; and making robust recommendations to strengthen governance and the institutional capacity of agencies to manage the environmental, social, and poverty consequences of freight transportation infrastructure. ER -