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VII OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................................ IX MANAGEMENT RESPONSE ............................................................................................................. XVI World Bank Management Response ...................................................................................................................... xvi IFC Management Response ................................................................................................................................... xxi MIGA Management Response ............................................................................................................................... xxii Recommendations ................................................................................................................................................. xxii MANAGEMENT ACTION RECORD .................................................................................................. XXV REPORT TO THE BOARD FROM THE COMMITTEE ON DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS SUBCOMMITTEE ......................................................................................................................... XXXVIII 1. WHY URBAN TRANSPORT MATTERS ................................................................................... 1 Why an Urban Transport Evaluation? ....................................................................................................................... 2 Objective, Scope, and Methodology ......................................................................................................................... 3 References ................................................................................................................................................................ 6 2. THE WORLD BANK GROUP’S PORTFOLIO SUPPORT FOR URBAN TRANSPORT ........... 7 Regional Distribution and the African Exception ....................................................................................................... 9 Advisory Services and Analytics ............................................................................................................................. 11 IFC and MIGA Portfolios ......................................................................................................................................... 12 3. MOBILITY FOR ALL ............................................................................................................... 14 Enhanced Capacity and Improved Service Quality ................................................................................................. 15 Improved Demand Management ............................................................................................................................. 16 Inclusive Services ................................................................................................................................................... 19 Affordable Services ................................................................................................................................................. 23 Mobility Results ....................................................................................................................................................... 24 Drivers of Success and Failure ............................................................................................................................... 26 References .............................................................................................................................................................. 28 4. SUSTAINABLE URBAN TRANSPORT .................................................................................. 29 Financial Sustainability ............................................................................................................................................ 29 Quality of Financial Analysis ................................................................................................................................................ 30 Private Sector Participation in the Urban Transport Sector ................................................................................................. 32 Environmental Sustainability ................................................................................................................................... 36 iii CONTENTS References .............................................................................................................................................................. 40 5. URBAN TRANSPORT INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT ..................................................... 43 World Bank Group Support for Institutional Capacity Building ................................................................................ 44 World Bank Group Support for Fiscal Capacity Enhancement ............................................................................... 46 World Bank Group Support for Urban Transport Institution Structural Change ...................................................... 47 Drivers of Success and Failure ............................................................................................................................... 48 6. BEYOND PROJECTS: KNOWLEDGE AND CONVENING POWER ...................................... 50 Sources of World Bank Group Value Added ........................................................................................................... 50 Advanced Knowledge and Knowledge Sharing ...................................................................................................... 50 Convening and Mobilizing Power and Policy Influence ........................................................................................... 53 7. CONCLUSIONS ....................................................................................................................... 56 Balancing the Portfolio ............................................................................................................................................ 56 Including the Disadvantaged ................................................................................................................................... 56 Benefits of Comprehensive Engagements .............................................................................................................. 57 Strengthening Work Quality .................................................................................................................................... 58 Boxes Box 4.1. Partnership: The Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility ..............................................33 Box 4.2. World Bank Support for Metro PPP in Brazil ...........................................................................34 Box 4.3. Partnership. Global Environmental Facility Trust Fund ............................................................38 Box 5.1. Partnership: The Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Program .......................................................45 Box 5.2. Continuous World Bank Group Support Catalyzed Effective Institutions .................................48 Box 6.1. Promoting South-South Learning ............................................................................................51 Box 6.2. Leaders in Urban Transport .....................................................................................................52 Figures Figure 1.1. Progression of World Bank Group Strategies Relating to Urban Transport .........................