Literature Review

The literature review was designed to identify existing knowledge about the demand for information on transport issues in rural areas in developing countries, and current understanding about the role of information and knowledge in poverty alleviation and policy processes. Click on the links below to see the results:

• A summary of existing knowledge about the demand for information on transport issues in rural areas in developing countries; Current understanding about the role of information and knowledge in livelihoods in rural areas; The role of information in policy processes; and any gaps, especially those that subsequent parts of the knowledge demand assessment may be able to fill.
  
• A bibliography with brief summaries of key documents.
  
• A list of relevant organisations and web sites engaged in the delivery of information or learning about transport in rural areas, with brief summaries of contents.

Or download/print the final reports:

• The Main Report (MS Word 256kb or Adobe Acrobat 394kb)
• Bibliography (MS Word 190kb or Adobe Acrobat 407kb)
• Web Sites / Organisations (MS Word 2MB or Adobe Acrobat 1.16MB)