The rural transport infrastructure sector is a critical force for sustainable development that is
interwoven with many other sectors. Rural transportation is an underlying driver of many of …

Africa is rapidly urbanizing and its population is growing exponentially. The United Nations
has predicted Africa will have the fastest global population growth, with over half of its …

Background. Air pollution is the result of economic growth and urbanization. Air pollution has
been progressively recognized as a serious problem for cities, through widespread effects …

The earth is experiencing unprecedented global warming and this has an adverse impact on
the health of the planet, people and economies. A major contributor to the degradation of …

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected human mobility via lockdowns, social distancing
rules, home quarantines, and the full or partial suspension of transportation. Evidence …

While developed nations have established policy frameworks for dealing with various
macroeconomic shocks, develo** countries respond to the influx of COVID-19 on …

Many development policies, such as placement of infrastructure or local economic
development schemes, are “place-based.” Such policies are generally intended to stimulate …

The rapidly expanding network of roads into the Amazon is permanently altering the world's
largest tropical forest. Most proposed road projects lack rigorous impact assessments or …

Carbon emissions from the transport sector (COE) has witnessed unprecedented growth,
which calls for special measures to control these emissions to achieve carbon neutrality by …

Develo** and integrating agricultural markets may be key to addressing Africa's
sustainability challenges. By modelling trade costs from farm gate to potential import markets …