The World Bank's Assistance to China's Transport Sector

China's economic development since the opening of its economy in the late 1970s has resulted in an eight percent average annual rate of economic growth. Key facets of this growth are rapidly increasing domestic and foreign trade as well as inc...

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Main Authors: Churchill, Anthony, Thum, Cordula
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
ADB
AIR
BUS
CAR
PMS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/04/20106463/world-banks-assistance-chinas-transport-sector
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20212
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topic ACCESSIBILITY
ACCIDENT COSTS
ACCIDENT RATES
ACCOUNTABILITY
ACCOUNTING
ADB
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
AIR
AIR POLLUTION
AUTONOMY
AVERAGE SPEED
AXLE LOAD
BANKS
BICYCLES
BOTTLENECK
BOTTLENECKS
BRIDGE
BRIDGES
BUS
BUS OPERATORS
CAPITAL FLOWS
CAPITAL INVESTMENT
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
CAR
CAR OWNERSHIP
CARS
CONGESTION
CONGESTION PRICING
CONGESTION PROBLEMS
COST OF CAPITAL
COST VARIATIONS
DEBT
DEFICITS
DEMAND FOR TRANSPORT
DEMAND FOR TRAVEL
DRIVER BEHAVIOR
DRIVERS
ECONOMIC REFORM
EFFICIENT TRANSPORT
EFFICIENT TRANSPORT SYSTEM
ENFORCEMENT OF TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
EXPRESSWAYS
EXTERNALITIES
FATALITIES
FEEDER ROADS
FINANCIAL STRUCTURE
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FREIGHT
FREIGHT TRANSPORT
FUEL
FUEL PRICES
FUEL TAX
FUEL TAXATION
FUEL TAXES
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION
GRADE
GROSS REVENUE
HAULAGE BUSINESS
HEAVY VEHICLES
HIGH-PRIORITY CORRIDORS
HIGHWAY
HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
HIGHWAY AGENCIES
HIGHWAY CAPACITY
HIGHWAY CAPACITY EXPANSION
HIGHWAY CAPITAL
HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION
HIGHWAY DESIGN
HIGHWAY EXPANSION
HIGHWAY FINANCE
HIGHWAY FINANCING
HIGHWAY FUNDING
HIGHWAY LAW
HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE
HIGHWAY NETWORK
HIGHWAY PROGRAM
HIGHWAY PROJECT
HIGHWAY PROJECTS
HIGHWAY SAFETY
HIGHWAY SYSTEM
HIGHWAY USE
HIGHWAY USER
HIGHWAY USERS
HIGHWAYS
HOUSING
INCOME
INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING
INLAND WATERWAY
INLAND WATERWAY TRANSPORT
INLAND WATERWAYS
INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INSURANCE
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS
INTEREST RATES
LABOR COSTS
LAND TRANSPORT
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LIQUID ASSETS
LOAN FINANCING
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
MAIN ROADS
MANDATES
METROPOLITAN TRANSPORT
MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT
MOBILITY
NATIONAL RAILWAY
OPERATING COSTS
OPERATING EFFICIENCY
PASSENGER
PASSENGER SERVICES
PASSENGER TRANSPORT
PASSENGERS
PAVEMENT
PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT
PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
PERSONAL MOBILITY
PMS
POLLUTION
POPULATION DENSITIES
PORTS
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC DEBT
PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES
RAIL
RAIL FREIGHT
RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE
RAIL NETWORK
RAIL TRACK
RAIL TRANSPORT
RAILWAY
RAILWAY ADMINISTRATION
RAILWAY INVESTMENT
RAILWAY SECTOR
RAILWAY SYSTEM
RAILWAYS
RATE OF RETURN
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
RESETTLEMENT
RING ROADS
ROAD
ROAD ACCIDENTS
ROAD CAPACITY
ROAD CONSTRUCTION
ROAD DENSITY
ROAD DEVELOPMENT
ROAD EXPANSION
ROAD HAULAGE
ROAD IMPROVEMENT
ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
ROAD MAINTENANCE
ROAD NETWORK
ROAD PRICING
ROAD PROJECTS
ROAD SAFETY
ROAD SECTOR
ROAD SYSTEM
ROAD TRAFFIC
ROAD TRANSPORT
ROAD USE
ROAD USER
ROAD USER CHARGE
ROAD USER CHARGES
ROADS
ROADWAY
ROUTES
RURAL ROADS
SAFETY INITIATIVES
SAFETY ISSUES
SAVINGS
SOCIAL SERVICES
SPAN
STATE ENTERPRISES
STATE INTERVENTION
SUBWAY
SURFACE TRANSPORT
TAXES ON ROAD USERS
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TIRES
TOLL
TOLL BOOTHS
TOLL FACILITIES
TOLL ROAD
TOLL ROAD PROJECTS
TOLL ROADS
TOLLS
TRAFFIC
TRAFFIC CAPACITY
TRAFFIC CONGESTION
TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT
TRAFFIC FATALITIES
TRAFFIC LEVELS
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
TRAFFIC NOISE
TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
TRAFFIC SAFETY
TRAFFIC VOLUMES
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT CAPACITY
TRANSPORT COSTS
TRANSPORT DEMAND
TRANSPORT IMPROVEMENT
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORT MARKETS
TRANSPORT MODES
TRANSPORT OPERATIONS
TRANSPORT POLICY
TRANSPORT POLICY MEASURES
TRANSPORT PROJECTS
TRANSPORT SECTOR
TRANSPORT SERVICES
TRANSPORT STRATEGY
TRANSPORT SYSTEM
TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORTATION COSTS
TRUCKING
TRUCKS
TRUST FUNDS
TUNNELS
UNDERGROUND
URBAN RAIL
URBAN RAIL SYSTEMS
URBAN TRANSPORT
URBAN TRANSPORT SYSTEM
URBANIZATION
VEHICLE
VEHICLE ENGINES
VEHICLE REGISTRATION
VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEES
VEHICLE USE
VEHICLES
WATER USE
spellingShingle ACCESSIBILITY
ACCIDENT COSTS
ACCIDENT RATES
ACCOUNTABILITY
ACCOUNTING
ADB
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
AIR
AIR POLLUTION
AUTONOMY
AVERAGE SPEED
AXLE LOAD
BANKS
BICYCLES
BOTTLENECK
BOTTLENECKS
BRIDGE
BRIDGES
BUS
BUS OPERATORS
CAPITAL FLOWS
CAPITAL INVESTMENT
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
CAR
CAR OWNERSHIP
CARS
CONGESTION
CONGESTION PRICING
CONGESTION PROBLEMS
COST OF CAPITAL
COST VARIATIONS
DEBT
DEFICITS
DEMAND FOR TRANSPORT
DEMAND FOR TRAVEL
DRIVER BEHAVIOR
DRIVERS
ECONOMIC REFORM
EFFICIENT TRANSPORT
EFFICIENT TRANSPORT SYSTEM
ENFORCEMENT OF TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
EXPRESSWAYS
EXTERNALITIES
FATALITIES
FEEDER ROADS
FINANCIAL STRUCTURE
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FREIGHT
FREIGHT TRANSPORT
FUEL
FUEL PRICES
FUEL TAX
FUEL TAXATION
FUEL TAXES
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION
GRADE
GROSS REVENUE
HAULAGE BUSINESS
HEAVY VEHICLES
HIGH-PRIORITY CORRIDORS
HIGHWAY
HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
HIGHWAY AGENCIES
HIGHWAY CAPACITY
HIGHWAY CAPACITY EXPANSION
HIGHWAY CAPITAL
HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION
HIGHWAY DESIGN
HIGHWAY EXPANSION
HIGHWAY FINANCE
HIGHWAY FINANCING
HIGHWAY FUNDING
HIGHWAY LAW
HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE
HIGHWAY NETWORK
HIGHWAY PROGRAM
HIGHWAY PROJECT
HIGHWAY PROJECTS
HIGHWAY SAFETY
HIGHWAY SYSTEM
HIGHWAY USE
HIGHWAY USER
HIGHWAY USERS
HIGHWAYS
HOUSING
INCOME
INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING
INLAND WATERWAY
INLAND WATERWAY TRANSPORT
INLAND WATERWAYS
INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
INSURANCE
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS
INTEREST RATES
LABOR COSTS
LAND TRANSPORT
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LIQUID ASSETS
LOAN FINANCING
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
MAIN ROADS
MANDATES
METROPOLITAN TRANSPORT
MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT
MOBILITY
NATIONAL RAILWAY
OPERATING COSTS
OPERATING EFFICIENCY
PASSENGER
PASSENGER SERVICES
PASSENGER TRANSPORT
PASSENGERS
PAVEMENT
PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT
PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
PERSONAL MOBILITY
PMS
POLLUTION
POPULATION DENSITIES
PORTS
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC DEBT
PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES
RAIL
RAIL FREIGHT
RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE
RAIL NETWORK
RAIL TRACK
RAIL TRANSPORT
RAILWAY
RAILWAY ADMINISTRATION
RAILWAY INVESTMENT
RAILWAY SECTOR
RAILWAY SYSTEM
RAILWAYS
RATE OF RETURN
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
RESETTLEMENT
RING ROADS
ROAD
ROAD ACCIDENTS
ROAD CAPACITY
ROAD CONSTRUCTION
ROAD DENSITY
ROAD DEVELOPMENT
ROAD EXPANSION
ROAD HAULAGE
ROAD IMPROVEMENT
ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
ROAD MAINTENANCE
ROAD NETWORK
ROAD PRICING
ROAD PROJECTS
ROAD SAFETY
ROAD SECTOR
ROAD SYSTEM
ROAD TRAFFIC
ROAD TRANSPORT
ROAD USE
ROAD USER
ROAD USER CHARGE
ROAD USER CHARGES
ROADS
ROADWAY
ROUTES
RURAL ROADS
SAFETY INITIATIVES
SAFETY ISSUES
SAVINGS
SOCIAL SERVICES
SPAN
STATE ENTERPRISES
STATE INTERVENTION
SUBWAY
SURFACE TRANSPORT
TAXES ON ROAD USERS
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TIRES
TOLL
TOLL BOOTHS
TOLL FACILITIES
TOLL ROAD
TOLL ROAD PROJECTS
TOLL ROADS
TOLLS
TRAFFIC
TRAFFIC CAPACITY
TRAFFIC CONGESTION
TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT
TRAFFIC FATALITIES
TRAFFIC LEVELS
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
TRAFFIC NOISE
TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
TRAFFIC SAFETY
TRAFFIC VOLUMES
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT CAPACITY
TRANSPORT COSTS
TRANSPORT DEMAND
TRANSPORT IMPROVEMENT
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORT MARKETS
TRANSPORT MODES
TRANSPORT OPERATIONS
TRANSPORT POLICY
TRANSPORT POLICY MEASURES
TRANSPORT PROJECTS
TRANSPORT SECTOR
TRANSPORT SERVICES
TRANSPORT STRATEGY
TRANSPORT SYSTEM
TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORTATION COSTS
TRUCKING
TRUCKS
TRUST FUNDS
TUNNELS
UNDERGROUND
URBAN RAIL
URBAN RAIL SYSTEMS
URBAN TRANSPORT
URBAN TRANSPORT SYSTEM
URBANIZATION
VEHICLE
VEHICLE ENGINES
VEHICLE REGISTRATION
VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEES
VEHICLE USE
VEHICLES
WATER USE
Churchill, Anthony
Thum, Cordula
The World Bank's Assistance to China's Transport Sector
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
China
relation Operations Evaluation Department (OED) working paper series;
description China's economic development since the opening of its economy in the late 1970s has resulted in an eight percent average annual rate of economic growth. Key facets of this growth are rapidly increasing domestic and foreign trade as well as increasing personal mobility and consumption of energy. The deficiencies of the Chinese road and highway system have in particular created a bottleneck in China's economic development. The major objective of the China country assistance strategy (since the 1980s) was to alleviate infrastructure bottlenecks, in providing financial resources and promoting sector reforms in China. In 1997-98, the World Bank worked together with the Chinese government in completing a review of the transport sector and preparing an intermodal transport strategy. The strategy provides proposals for increasing competition and efficiency, identifies the changing patterns of demand for transport, and advances the analysis of investment needs of the sector and their financing.
format Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author Churchill, Anthony
Thum, Cordula
author_facet Churchill, Anthony
Thum, Cordula
author_sort Churchill, Anthony
title The World Bank's Assistance to China's Transport Sector
title_short The World Bank's Assistance to China's Transport Sector
title_full The World Bank's Assistance to China's Transport Sector
title_fullStr The World Bank's Assistance to China's Transport Sector
title_full_unstemmed The World Bank's Assistance to China's Transport Sector
title_sort world bank's assistance to china's transport sector
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/04/20106463/world-banks-assistance-chinas-transport-sector
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20212
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spelling okr-10986-202122021-04-23T14:03:54Z The World Bank's Assistance to China's Transport Sector Churchill, Anthony Thum, Cordula ACCESSIBILITY ACCIDENT COSTS ACCIDENT RATES ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ADB ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AIR AIR POLLUTION AUTONOMY AVERAGE SPEED AXLE LOAD BANKS BICYCLES BOTTLENECK BOTTLENECKS BRIDGE BRIDGES BUS BUS OPERATORS CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CAR CAR OWNERSHIP CARS CONGESTION CONGESTION PRICING CONGESTION PROBLEMS COST OF CAPITAL COST VARIATIONS DEBT DEFICITS DEMAND FOR TRANSPORT DEMAND FOR TRAVEL DRIVER BEHAVIOR DRIVERS ECONOMIC REFORM EFFICIENT TRANSPORT EFFICIENT TRANSPORT SYSTEM ENFORCEMENT OF TRAFFIC REGULATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS EXPRESSWAYS EXTERNALITIES FATALITIES FEEDER ROADS FINANCIAL STRUCTURE FOREIGN EXCHANGE FREIGHT FREIGHT TRANSPORT FUEL FUEL PRICES FUEL TAX FUEL TAXATION FUEL TAXES GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GRADE GROSS REVENUE HAULAGE BUSINESS HEAVY VEHICLES HIGH-PRIORITY CORRIDORS HIGHWAY HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION HIGHWAY AGENCIES HIGHWAY CAPACITY HIGHWAY CAPACITY EXPANSION HIGHWAY CAPITAL HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION HIGHWAY DESIGN HIGHWAY EXPANSION HIGHWAY FINANCE HIGHWAY FINANCING HIGHWAY FUNDING HIGHWAY LAW HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE HIGHWAY NETWORK HIGHWAY PROGRAM HIGHWAY PROJECT HIGHWAY PROJECTS HIGHWAY SAFETY HIGHWAY SYSTEM HIGHWAY USE HIGHWAY USER HIGHWAY USERS HIGHWAYS HOUSING INCOME INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING INLAND WATERWAY INLAND WATERWAY TRANSPORT INLAND WATERWAYS INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSURANCE INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS INTEREST RATES LABOR COSTS LAND TRANSPORT LEGAL FRAMEWORK LIQUID ASSETS LOAN FINANCING LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MAIN ROADS MANDATES METROPOLITAN TRANSPORT MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT MOBILITY NATIONAL RAILWAY OPERATING COSTS OPERATING EFFICIENCY PASSENGER PASSENGER SERVICES PASSENGER TRANSPORT PASSENGERS PAVEMENT PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PERSONAL MOBILITY PMS POLLUTION POPULATION DENSITIES PORTS PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC DEBT PUBLIC ENTERPRISES PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES RAIL RAIL FREIGHT RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE RAIL NETWORK RAIL TRACK RAIL TRANSPORT RAILWAY RAILWAY ADMINISTRATION RAILWAY INVESTMENT RAILWAY SECTOR RAILWAY SYSTEM RAILWAYS RATE OF RETURN REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RESETTLEMENT RING ROADS ROAD ROAD ACCIDENTS ROAD CAPACITY ROAD CONSTRUCTION ROAD DENSITY ROAD DEVELOPMENT ROAD EXPANSION ROAD HAULAGE ROAD IMPROVEMENT ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD NETWORK ROAD PRICING ROAD PROJECTS ROAD SAFETY ROAD SECTOR ROAD SYSTEM ROAD TRAFFIC ROAD TRANSPORT ROAD USE ROAD USER ROAD USER CHARGE ROAD USER CHARGES ROADS ROADWAY ROUTES RURAL ROADS SAFETY INITIATIVES SAFETY ISSUES SAVINGS SOCIAL SERVICES SPAN STATE ENTERPRISES STATE INTERVENTION SUBWAY SURFACE TRANSPORT TAXES ON ROAD USERS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TIRES TOLL TOLL BOOTHS TOLL FACILITIES TOLL ROAD TOLL ROAD PROJECTS TOLL ROADS TOLLS TRAFFIC TRAFFIC CAPACITY TRAFFIC CONGESTION TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT TRAFFIC FATALITIES TRAFFIC LEVELS TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TRAFFIC NOISE TRAFFIC REGULATIONS TRAFFIC SAFETY TRAFFIC VOLUMES TRANSPORT TRANSPORT CAPACITY TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT DEMAND TRANSPORT IMPROVEMENT TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT MARKETS TRANSPORT MODES TRANSPORT OPERATIONS TRANSPORT POLICY TRANSPORT POLICY MEASURES TRANSPORT PROJECTS TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORT STRATEGY TRANSPORT SYSTEM TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRUCKING TRUCKS TRUST FUNDS TUNNELS UNDERGROUND URBAN RAIL URBAN RAIL SYSTEMS URBAN TRANSPORT URBAN TRANSPORT SYSTEM URBANIZATION VEHICLE VEHICLE ENGINES VEHICLE REGISTRATION VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEES VEHICLE USE VEHICLES WATER USE China's economic development since the opening of its economy in the late 1970s has resulted in an eight percent average annual rate of economic growth. Key facets of this growth are rapidly increasing domestic and foreign trade as well as increasing personal mobility and consumption of energy. The deficiencies of the Chinese road and highway system have in particular created a bottleneck in China's economic development. The major objective of the China country assistance strategy (since the 1980s) was to alleviate infrastructure bottlenecks, in providing financial resources and promoting sector reforms in China. In 1997-98, the World Bank worked together with the Chinese government in completing a review of the transport sector and preparing an intermodal transport strategy. The strategy provides proposals for increasing competition and efficiency, identifies the changing patterns of demand for transport, and advances the analysis of investment needs of the sector and their financing. 2014-09-17T18:48:18Z 2014-09-17T18:48:18Z 2005-04-27 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/04/20106463/world-banks-assistance-chinas-transport-sector http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20212 English en_US Operations Evaluation Department (OED) working paper series; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific China