Relevant Organisations & Websites

DFID (Department for International Development) - Transport Links

	webmaster@transport-links.org www.transport-links.org This web site is a DFID initiative to raise awareness of the importance of transport for development, within the context of developing countries. It has been set up through the Infrastructure and Urban Development Department (IUDD) of DFID under the Engineering Knowledge and Research Programme. The focus is on transport research (mainly roads) carried out under DFID's transport sector research programme for developing countries and emerging nations, and applications of this research. This web site is specifically addressed to engineers and development professionals throughout the world, in order to improve the effectiveness of transport research in furthering progress in development. The web site is currently under construction. It contains pages on news, events, research programmes (in particular, the DFID Knowledge and Research programme), publications, issues arising out of transport implementation and links to other organisations. It specifically addresses the issue of rural transport, through the "Rural Transport Knowledge Base". This is a set of reference and training material on the latest thinking and practice in the field of rural transport. This project is being undertaken by RTTP, a component of the multi-donor Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Program (SSATP) managed by the World Bank with financial support from the Department for International Development (DFID). Its purpose is to facilitate the dissemination of information to policy makers, planners and practitioners in the developed and developing world. It is structured in five modules, including the policy, planning, management and financing of rural transport infrastructure, transport provision and related non-transport interventions. It includes documents and case studies for each of the topics and is available in English, French and Spanish.