[sustran] fwd: transport externalities studies in the South?

[SUSTRAN Network Secretariat]

Dear sustran-discussers,

I have been asked the following interesting question and hope members of
the list can help. I have not had time to ask permission to forward this to
the list so I will not identify the person who asked the question.

The question (edited a little to not identify the questioner without
permission):

What studies have actually been done for developing (and transition)
economies that attempt to put an economic value on the road transport
externalities, particularly Accidents, Air Pollution, Noise and Congestion?
  While such studies have, as you know, multiplied rapidly for most of the
OECD countries over the last decade, we know of relatively few for
developing countries, and we suspect that there are quite a lot of studies
done by local governments, universities and NGOs that we are not aware of.

If you could give me a small list of any such studies that you are aware
of, especially for Asian or Latin American countries, I would be extremely
grateful. 

[The question is in the wider context of an investigation of what policies
on the management of motorisation should be recommended in countries with
low or middle-incomes.] 

Paul


A. Rahman Paul BARTER
Sustainable Transport Action Network for Asia 
and the Pacific (the SUSTRAN Network)
P.O. Box 11501, Kuala Lumpur 50748, Malaysia.
E-mail: sustran at po.jaring.my
URL: http://www.malaysiakini.com/sustran (under construction)

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