Pakistan - Strategic Environmental, Poverty and Social Assessment of Trade and Transport Sector Reforms

The Government of Pakistan's (GoP's) 2011 framework for economic growth seeks to place Pakistan on a sustained high economic growth path of 7 percent per year through measures to reduce the cost of doing business, improve the investment c...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Other Environmental Study
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2013
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AIR
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/12/17124733/pakistan-strategic-environmental-poverty-social-assessment-trade-transport-sector-reforms
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topic ACCELERATION
ACCESSIBILITY
AIR
AIR POLLUTION
AIR QUALITY
AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT
AIR QUALITY STANDARDS
AIR TRANSPORT
AMBIENT AIR
AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION
AMBIENT AIR QUALITY
AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS
AVIATION SECTOR
BOTTLENECKS
BUSES
CAPACITY BUILDING
CARBON
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON EMISSIONS
CARBON MONOXIDE
CARGO
CARS
CEMENT
CHLORINE
CLIMATE CHANGE
COAL
CONCESSIONS
DECISION MAKING
DEFORESTATION
DESIGN OF TRANSPORT
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DIESEL
DISABILITIES
DRIVING
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EFFLUENTS
EMISSION
EMISSION STANDARDS
EMISSIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITIES
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS
EQUILIBRIUM
EXTERNALITIES
FATAL ACCIDENTS
FATALITIES
FEEDER ROADS
FISHING
FRAMEWORK
FREIGHT
FREIGHT CLEARANCE
FREIGHT EFFICIENCY
FREIGHT FORWARDERS
FREIGHT FORWARDING
FREIGHT SECTOR
FREIGHT SERVICES
FREIGHT TRAFFIC
FREIGHT TRANSPORT
FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION SECTOR
FUEL
FUEL COSTS
FUELS
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
GREENHOUSE GAS
GREENHOUSE GASES
HABITAT FRAGMENTATION
HEALTH PROBLEMS
HIGH TRANSPORT
HIGHWAY
HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
HIGHWAY INVESTMENT
HIGHWAY NETWORK
INCOME
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
INJURIES
INJURY
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
LOCAL ROADS
LONG-DISTANCE
LONGER DISTANCES
MAIN ROADS
MARKET COMPETITION
MODAL SHIFT
MODE OF TRANSPORT
MODE OF TRANSPORTATION
MOTORWAYS
MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT
NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
NATURAL RESOURCES
NOISE
NOISE LEVELS
NOISE POLLUTION
PARTICULATE MATTER
PASSENGER
PASSENGER SERVICES
PASSENGER TRAFFIC
PASSENGER TRANSPORT
PASSENGERS
PATH
PATRONAGE
PAVED ROADS
PAVEMENT
PAVEMENT CONDITION
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
POLICY MAKERS
POLLUTION CONTROL
POOR ROAD
POOR ROAD MAINTENANCE
POPULATION GROWTH
PORT AUTHORITIES
PORTS
PRIVATE OPERATORS
PRIVATE PARTICIPATION
PROVINCIAL ROADS
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
QUALITY OF TRANSPORT
RAIL
RAIL FREIGHT
RAIL LINES
RAIL LINKS
RAIL SERVICES
RAIL TRACK
RAIL TRANSPORT
RAILROAD
RAILROADS
RAILWAY
RAILWAY TRAFFIC
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
RAILWAYS
RECONSTRUCTION
RESETTLEMENT
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
RISK MANAGEMENT
ROAD
ROAD ACCIDENTS
ROAD CAPACITY
ROAD CONGESTION
ROAD CONSTRUCTION
ROAD DENSITY
ROAD DEVELOPMENT
ROAD HIERARCHY
ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
ROAD INVESTMENT
ROAD INVESTMENTS
ROAD LENGTH
ROAD MAINTENANCE
ROAD NETWORK
ROAD SAFETY
ROAD SECTOR
ROAD TRAFFIC
ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE
ROAD TRANSPORT
ROAD TRANSPORT SECTOR
ROAD USER
ROAD USER COSTS
ROADS
ROUTES
RURAL AREAS
RURAL ROADS
SHARING
SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
SOCIAL IMPACTS
SPEEDS
TOLL
TOLL REVENUES
TRAFFIC
TRAFFIC CONGESTION
TRAFFIC DEATH
TRAFFIC DEATH RATE
TRAFFIC DEATHS
TRAFFIC DENSITY
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT AGENCIES
TRANSPORT COSTS
TRANSPORT DEMAND
TRANSPORT FACILITATION
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORT MODES
TRANSPORT NETWORKS
TRANSPORT OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
TRANSPORT POLICIES
TRANSPORT POLICY
TRANSPORT POLICY REFORMS
TRANSPORT REFORM
TRANSPORT SECTOR
TRANSPORT SUPPLY
TRANSPORT SYSTEM
TRANSPORT SYSTEMS
TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORTATION COSTS
TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORTATION REFORMS
TRIPS
TRUCK DRIVERS
TRUCKING
TRUCKS
URBAN AIR POLLUTION
URBAN PLANNING
URBAN SPRAWL
URBAN TRANSPORT
URBAN TRANSPORTATION
URBANIZATION
VEHICLE
VEHICLE FLEET
VEHICLES
WATERSHED
WEALTH
WETLANDS
spellingShingle ACCELERATION
ACCESSIBILITY
AIR
AIR POLLUTION
AIR QUALITY
AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT
AIR QUALITY STANDARDS
AIR TRANSPORT
AMBIENT AIR
AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION
AMBIENT AIR QUALITY
AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS
AVIATION SECTOR
BOTTLENECKS
BUSES
CAPACITY BUILDING
CARBON
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON EMISSIONS
CARBON MONOXIDE
CARGO
CARS
CEMENT
CHLORINE
CLIMATE CHANGE
COAL
CONCESSIONS
DECISION MAKING
DEFORESTATION
DESIGN OF TRANSPORT
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DIESEL
DISABILITIES
DRIVING
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EFFLUENTS
EMISSION
EMISSION STANDARDS
EMISSIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITIES
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS
EQUILIBRIUM
EXTERNALITIES
FATAL ACCIDENTS
FATALITIES
FEEDER ROADS
FISHING
FRAMEWORK
FREIGHT
FREIGHT CLEARANCE
FREIGHT EFFICIENCY
FREIGHT FORWARDERS
FREIGHT FORWARDING
FREIGHT SECTOR
FREIGHT SERVICES
FREIGHT TRAFFIC
FREIGHT TRANSPORT
FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION SECTOR
FUEL
FUEL COSTS
FUELS
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
GREENHOUSE GAS
GREENHOUSE GASES
HABITAT FRAGMENTATION
HEALTH PROBLEMS
HIGH TRANSPORT
HIGHWAY
HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
HIGHWAY INVESTMENT
HIGHWAY NETWORK
INCOME
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
INJURIES
INJURY
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
LOCAL ROADS
LONG-DISTANCE
LONGER DISTANCES
MAIN ROADS
MARKET COMPETITION
MODAL SHIFT
MODE OF TRANSPORT
MODE OF TRANSPORTATION
MOTORWAYS
MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT
NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
NATURAL RESOURCES
NOISE
NOISE LEVELS
NOISE POLLUTION
PARTICULATE MATTER
PASSENGER
PASSENGER SERVICES
PASSENGER TRAFFIC
PASSENGER TRANSPORT
PASSENGERS
PATH
PATRONAGE
PAVED ROADS
PAVEMENT
PAVEMENT CONDITION
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
POLICY MAKERS
POLLUTION CONTROL
POOR ROAD
POOR ROAD MAINTENANCE
POPULATION GROWTH
PORT AUTHORITIES
PORTS
PRIVATE OPERATORS
PRIVATE PARTICIPATION
PROVINCIAL ROADS
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
QUALITY OF TRANSPORT
RAIL
RAIL FREIGHT
RAIL LINES
RAIL LINKS
RAIL SERVICES
RAIL TRACK
RAIL TRANSPORT
RAILROAD
RAILROADS
RAILWAY
RAILWAY TRAFFIC
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
RAILWAYS
RECONSTRUCTION
RESETTLEMENT
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
RISK MANAGEMENT
ROAD
ROAD ACCIDENTS
ROAD CAPACITY
ROAD CONGESTION
ROAD CONSTRUCTION
ROAD DENSITY
ROAD DEVELOPMENT
ROAD HIERARCHY
ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
ROAD INVESTMENT
ROAD INVESTMENTS
ROAD LENGTH
ROAD MAINTENANCE
ROAD NETWORK
ROAD SAFETY
ROAD SECTOR
ROAD TRAFFIC
ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE
ROAD TRANSPORT
ROAD TRANSPORT SECTOR
ROAD USER
ROAD USER COSTS
ROADS
ROUTES
RURAL AREAS
RURAL ROADS
SHARING
SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
SOCIAL IMPACTS
SPEEDS
TOLL
TOLL REVENUES
TRAFFIC
TRAFFIC CONGESTION
TRAFFIC DEATH
TRAFFIC DEATH RATE
TRAFFIC DEATHS
TRAFFIC DENSITY
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT AGENCIES
TRANSPORT COSTS
TRANSPORT DEMAND
TRANSPORT FACILITATION
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORT MODES
TRANSPORT NETWORKS
TRANSPORT OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
TRANSPORT POLICIES
TRANSPORT POLICY
TRANSPORT POLICY REFORMS
TRANSPORT REFORM
TRANSPORT SECTOR
TRANSPORT SUPPLY
TRANSPORT SYSTEM
TRANSPORT SYSTEMS
TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORTATION COSTS
TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORTATION REFORMS
TRIPS
TRUCK DRIVERS
TRUCKING
TRUCKS
URBAN AIR POLLUTION
URBAN PLANNING
URBAN SPRAWL
URBAN TRANSPORT
URBAN TRANSPORTATION
URBANIZATION
VEHICLE
VEHICLE FLEET
VEHICLES
WATERSHED
WEALTH
WETLANDS
World Bank
Pakistan - Strategic Environmental, Poverty and Social Assessment of Trade and Transport Sector Reforms
geographic_facet South Asia
Pakistan
description The Government of Pakistan's (GoP's) 2011 framework for economic growth seeks to place Pakistan on a sustained high economic growth path of 7 percent per year through measures to reduce the cost of doing business, improve the investment climate, and strengthen institutions. Trade and transport reforms are central to achieve the Framework's goal. The transport sector constitutes 10 percent of Pakistan's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and provides 6 percent of the employment in the country. The sector plays an important role in linking other sectors in the economy, contributes to both domestic and international trade, and helps facilitate the spatial transformation occurring in Pakistan. However, present patterns in transport and trade logistics generate inefficiencies that are costing Pakistan's economy roughly 4-6 percent of GDP per year, which is a major constraint to the aspirations set out in the Framework. This analytical work on Strategic Environmental, Poverty, and Social Assessment (SEPSA) of trade and transport sector reforms examines poverty, social and environmental aspects associated with reforms that would increase the freight transport sector's productivity to meet the framework goals. it focused on the following areas: (i) SEPSA's methodology and aims; (ii) description of key challenges in Pakistan's freight transport sectors, including the road, trucking, railway, port, and aviation sectors, as well as trade and transport interventions and reforms proposed by the GoP and other stakeholders; (iii) identification of stakeholders, particularly the most vulnerable groups that could be affected by reforms aimed at increasing freight transport productivity, and analyzing the priority poverty issues associated with freight transport in Pakistan; (iv) identification jointly with stakeholders of priority social and environmental issues associated with freight transport, and analyzing such issues; (iv) examination of potential freight transportation social and environmental policy options for enhancing positive effects or reducing adverse effects associated with increases in freight transport productivity; and (v) identification of options to strengthen governance and the institutional capacity of agencies to manage the environmental, social and poverty priorities associated with Pakistan's freight transportation.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Other Environmental Study
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title Pakistan - Strategic Environmental, Poverty and Social Assessment of Trade and Transport Sector Reforms
title_short Pakistan - Strategic Environmental, Poverty and Social Assessment of Trade and Transport Sector Reforms
title_full Pakistan - Strategic Environmental, Poverty and Social Assessment of Trade and Transport Sector Reforms
title_fullStr Pakistan - Strategic Environmental, Poverty and Social Assessment of Trade and Transport Sector Reforms
title_full_unstemmed Pakistan - Strategic Environmental, Poverty and Social Assessment of Trade and Transport Sector Reforms
title_sort pakistan - strategic environmental, poverty and social assessment of trade and transport sector reforms
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/12/17124733/pakistan-strategic-environmental-poverty-social-assessment-trade-transport-sector-reforms
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12316
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spelling okr-10986-123162021-04-23T14:03:00Z Pakistan - Strategic Environmental, Poverty and Social Assessment of Trade and Transport Sector Reforms World Bank ACCELERATION ACCESSIBILITY AIR AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS AIR TRANSPORT AMBIENT AIR AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION AMBIENT AIR QUALITY AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS AVIATION SECTOR BOTTLENECKS BUSES CAPACITY BUILDING CARBON CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON MONOXIDE CARGO CARS CEMENT CHLORINE CLIMATE CHANGE COAL CONCESSIONS DECISION MAKING DEFORESTATION DESIGN OF TRANSPORT DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DIESEL DISABILITIES DRIVING ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC GROWTH EFFLUENTS EMISSION EMISSION STANDARDS EMISSIONS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITIES ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS EQUILIBRIUM EXTERNALITIES FATAL ACCIDENTS FATALITIES FEEDER ROADS FISHING FRAMEWORK FREIGHT FREIGHT CLEARANCE FREIGHT EFFICIENCY FREIGHT FORWARDERS FREIGHT FORWARDING FREIGHT SECTOR FREIGHT SERVICES FREIGHT TRAFFIC FREIGHT TRANSPORT FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION SECTOR FUEL FUEL COSTS FUELS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GASES HABITAT FRAGMENTATION HEALTH PROBLEMS HIGH TRANSPORT HIGHWAY HIGHWAY AUTHORITY HIGHWAY INVESTMENT HIGHWAY NETWORK INCOME INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INJURIES INJURY LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL ROADS LONG-DISTANCE LONGER DISTANCES MAIN ROADS MARKET COMPETITION MODAL SHIFT MODE OF TRANSPORT MODE OF TRANSPORTATION MOTORWAYS MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT NATIONAL HIGHWAYS NATURAL RESOURCES NOISE NOISE LEVELS NOISE POLLUTION PARTICULATE MATTER PASSENGER PASSENGER SERVICES PASSENGER TRAFFIC PASSENGER TRANSPORT PASSENGERS PATH PATRONAGE PAVED ROADS PAVEMENT PAVEMENT CONDITION PETROLEUM PRODUCTS POLICY MAKERS POLLUTION CONTROL POOR ROAD POOR ROAD MAINTENANCE POPULATION GROWTH PORT AUTHORITIES PORTS PRIVATE OPERATORS PRIVATE PARTICIPATION PROVINCIAL ROADS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION QUALITY OF TRANSPORT RAIL RAIL FREIGHT RAIL LINES RAIL LINKS RAIL SERVICES RAIL TRACK RAIL TRANSPORT RAILROAD RAILROADS RAILWAY RAILWAY TRAFFIC RAILWAY TRANSPORT RAILWAYS RECONSTRUCTION RESETTLEMENT RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RISK MANAGEMENT ROAD ROAD ACCIDENTS ROAD CAPACITY ROAD CONGESTION ROAD CONSTRUCTION ROAD DENSITY ROAD DEVELOPMENT ROAD HIERARCHY ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD INVESTMENT ROAD INVESTMENTS ROAD LENGTH ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD NETWORK ROAD SAFETY ROAD SECTOR ROAD TRAFFIC ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE ROAD TRANSPORT ROAD TRANSPORT SECTOR ROAD USER ROAD USER COSTS ROADS ROUTES RURAL AREAS RURAL ROADS SHARING SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT SOCIAL IMPACTS SPEEDS TOLL TOLL REVENUES TRAFFIC TRAFFIC CONGESTION TRAFFIC DEATH TRAFFIC DEATH RATE TRAFFIC DEATHS TRAFFIC DENSITY TRANSPORT TRANSPORT AGENCIES TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT DEMAND TRANSPORT FACILITATION TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT MODES TRANSPORT NETWORKS TRANSPORT OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORT POLICIES TRANSPORT POLICY TRANSPORT POLICY REFORMS TRANSPORT REFORM TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SUPPLY TRANSPORT SYSTEM TRANSPORT SYSTEMS TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORTATION REFORMS TRIPS TRUCK DRIVERS TRUCKING TRUCKS URBAN AIR POLLUTION URBAN PLANNING URBAN SPRAWL URBAN TRANSPORT URBAN TRANSPORTATION URBANIZATION VEHICLE VEHICLE FLEET VEHICLES WATERSHED WEALTH WETLANDS The Government of Pakistan's (GoP's) 2011 framework for economic growth seeks to place Pakistan on a sustained high economic growth path of 7 percent per year through measures to reduce the cost of doing business, improve the investment climate, and strengthen institutions. Trade and transport reforms are central to achieve the Framework's goal. The transport sector constitutes 10 percent of Pakistan's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and provides 6 percent of the employment in the country. The sector plays an important role in linking other sectors in the economy, contributes to both domestic and international trade, and helps facilitate the spatial transformation occurring in Pakistan. However, present patterns in transport and trade logistics generate inefficiencies that are costing Pakistan's economy roughly 4-6 percent of GDP per year, which is a major constraint to the aspirations set out in the Framework. This analytical work on Strategic Environmental, Poverty, and Social Assessment (SEPSA) of trade and transport sector reforms examines poverty, social and environmental aspects associated with reforms that would increase the freight transport sector's productivity to meet the framework goals. it focused on the following areas: (i) SEPSA's methodology and aims; (ii) description of key challenges in Pakistan's freight transport sectors, including the road, trucking, railway, port, and aviation sectors, as well as trade and transport interventions and reforms proposed by the GoP and other stakeholders; (iii) identification of stakeholders, particularly the most vulnerable groups that could be affected by reforms aimed at increasing freight transport productivity, and analyzing the priority poverty issues associated with freight transport in Pakistan; (iv) identification jointly with stakeholders of priority social and environmental issues associated with freight transport, and analyzing such issues; (iv) examination of potential freight transportation social and environmental policy options for enhancing positive effects or reducing adverse effects associated with increases in freight transport productivity; and (v) identification of options to strengthen governance and the institutional capacity of agencies to manage the environmental, social and poverty priorities associated with Pakistan's freight transportation. 2013-02-12T17:41:04Z 2013-02-12T17:41:04Z 2012-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/12/17124733/pakistan-strategic-environmental-poverty-social-assessment-trade-transport-sector-reforms http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12316 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Environmental Study Economic & Sector Work South Asia Pakistan