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Myanmar Transport Sector Policy Note: Urban Transport
The efficiency of urban transport systems in Yangon and Mandalay will determine their productivity and attractiveness to investments and labor, and will have a direct impact on Myanmar’s economic growth. -
Myanmar Transport Sector Policy Note: River Transport
River transport could become the preferred transport alternative for low-value freight between Yangon and Mandalay, with improvements to navigation channels and terminals having the potential to cut Myanmar’s river transport costs. -
Myanmar Transport Sector Policy Note: Railways
The Myanmar transport services market is expanding rapidly. In order to revive the railways in Myanmar, the restructuring of Myanmar's sole railway service provider is a medium-term necessity. -
Myanmar Transport Sector Policy Note: Road Safety
Success in countering the relentless rise in motorization and associated fatality and serious injury growth in Myanmar will rely on a substantial investment in robust management capacity. -
Myanmar Transport Sector Policy Note: Rural Roads and Access
Isolation and poverty form a vicious cycle in Myanmar as in other countries, and improving rural access is necessary to reduce rural poverty. -
Myanmar Transport Sector Policy Note: Trunk Roads
Myanmar’s road network needs rehabilitation, improvement and ultimately, total modernization, but both sector reform and capacity development should be a medium-term agenda of equal priority to that of road network modernization. -
Myanmar Transport Sector Policy Note: How to Improve Road User Charges
To maximize the economic efficiency of Myanmar's transport system, road user fees should be set equal to the costs of the resources consumed when using the road network. -
Myanmar Transport Sector Policy Note: How to Reform Transport Institutions
To meet the needs of a quickly growing market economy, Myanmar's transport system will need investments, better management, and a larger, more able private sector. -
Myanmar Transport Sector Policy Note: How to Reduce Transport Costs
Estimates put Myanmar’s long-distance transport costs at $4.8 billion, but ADB sees scope for reducing these costs by 29% through a limited modernization program combining investments and policy reforms. -
From Toilets to Rivers: Experiences, New Opportunities, and Innovative Solutions: Volume 2
This compilation of project briefs illustrate how sanitation and wastewater management challenges can be addressed, and aims to inspire replication and show opportunities for actions and investments.