There is increasing recognition that deficiencies in the public transport system impact men and women differently. While transport systems have been shown to play a significant role in women’s participation...
São Paulo is Latin America’s largest city, with around 12.2 million inhabitants. It is part of the São Paulo Metropolitan Region (Região Metropolitana de São Paulo, RMSP), which has millions of inhabitants...
Women and men use rural and urban transport for different purposes based on their socially determined roles and responsibilities. Poor rural transport systems limit access to markets, education, and health...
Mobility is a major factor of access to economic resources, education, health, and other key elements influencing women's empowerment. In the Middle East and North Africa's countries, like in many other...
Access to affordable, reliable, and safe transportation is critical in improving the welfare of individuals in developing countries. Yet, transport data are limited overall, and data that address the different...
The primary objective of this report is to provide brief, relevant, and practical tools for World Bank task teams and their country counterparts to facilitate their work in addressing gender issues in...
This paper describes the need to update the World Bank's transport sector strategy to respond to important changes of approach in international Development. The paper recognizes the valuable contribution...
There is a significant amount of relevant information concerning women and rural transport in Africa. However much of this knowledge focuses on root causes and documents issues with little available concerning...