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The more stringent, the better ? rationing car use in Bogota with moderate and drastic restrictions (anglais)

Rationing car use based on license plate number has become a popular policy in several cities around the world to address traffic congestion and air pollution. This paper studies the effects of the moderate...

Fiscal policy instruments for reducing congestion and atmospheric emissions in the transport sector : a review (anglais)

This paper reviews the literature on the fiscal policy instruments commonly used to reduce transport sector externalities. The findings show that congestion charges would reduce vehicle traffic by 9 to...

Nigeria - Lagos Urban Transport Project : procurement plan (anglais)

Transmission investment in competitive power systems : decentralizing decisions in Argentina (anglais)

Recent power outages in Argentina are largely the result of transmission problems that could be solved by more investment. Private concessionaires now operate the main and regional networks, but they are...

Charging for roads (anglais)

This article discusses two theoretical methods of measuring road use costs and designing a system of road user charges. The first states that road damage externalities are zero and road damage costs are...

The World Bank research observer 3 (2) (anglais)

Charging for roads. The value-added tax and developing countries. Indexation and stabilization : theory and experience. Entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship in Africa. Urban labor markets and development.