Rural Transport in Developing CountriesILO pub-WEP pub. Comparison of transport policy, mode of transportation and transport patterns in rural areas of nine developing countries in Africa, Asia and Pacific - studies the nature of peasant farmer and household transport needs; discusses the impact of transport planning on rural communitys. Maps, photographs, references, statistical tables. |
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ILO FOREWORD | 1 |
TRANSPORT MEANS | 61 |
TRANSPORT POLICIES | 93 |
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Rural Transport In Developing Countries I. Barwell,G. A. Edmonds,J.D.G.F. Howe,J. De Veen Limited preview - 2019 |
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agricultural all-weather animal carts average Bangladesh bicycle carabao cargo carried cent of households centre chee-geh constraints cost crops demand distance District drivers economic employment facilities farm forms of transport harvest headloading hire horse-drawn carts important income increase India inputs interviewed investment jeepneys Kedah Kenya Kirinyaga District labour Lake Malawi limited loads loans low-cost vehicles maintenance Maize major Malaysia manufacture matatu Mbeya means of transport ments modes motor vehicles motorcycle movement Nigeria Njombe non-motorized off-farm on-farm transport operate output owners padi passengers Peninsular Malaysia pick-up plantation Plate population port potential problems production Programme purchase repair road network rubber rural areas rural households rural transport sample Savai'i season sector skate sleds small farmers smallholder study area survey Table Tanzania terrain tonnes traders trans transport needs transport requirements transport system trimobiles trips Tukuyu Ukinga Upolu vehicle ownership Western Samoa