In developing and transition economies 60 to 80 % of all passenger and freight transport moves by road, and roads provide the main from of access to most rural communities. Yet most of the 11 million kilometers of roads in these countries are poorly managed and badly maintained.

Ineffective rural transport services are a major obstacle to economic and social development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Alleviating poverty requires improved access to social and economic facilities. And, in turn, improving access hinges on better transport infractructure, including roads, tracks,...

Many developing countries enforce seed regulations and other policies that obstruct private companies from operating and delivering new technology. This volume presents recommendations and selected papers from an international workshop organized by the World Bank in 1995 to review seed policies...

Interest in the trade and environment debate has intensified as a result of international trade agreements and because many proposed solutions to the climate change problem have potential implications for the global trading system. Clearly more empirical work is needed to inform the debate,...