Transport is key to driving economic growth and social development in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). It connects people to jobs, healthcare, education and family. It allows goods to move to market. But developing infrastructure that meets the needs of LMICs is complex, costly and comes with many pressures including from climate change and competitive demands for limited resources.
Despite the need to make good decisions, there is a lack of applicable evidence to inform important investments and planning. The evidence base is often out of date and inadequate.
The High Volume Transport Applied Research Programme (HVT) provides a new body of research focused on Africa and South Asia, to help inform the decisions of policy-makers and planners and make road and rail transport greener, safer and more accessible, affordable and inclusive and to ultimately make good investment decisions that will help drive economic and social development.
This compendium highlights this new body of research. Through our core themes we explore the outcomes of research and share key insights that have progressed knowledge in transport in Africa and South Asia. The full list of research outputs and links to further reading are in the back of this report.
