14:00 - 15:30 Parallel 1-B: Sustainability - Inclusive and Resilient Transport
Objective of Session
Inequalities between different social groups, including between women and men, exclusive growth and great wealth inequalities foster national fragility. Strong transport systems and connectivity have been shown to reduce fragility and build resistance by increasing social cohesion, improving state effectiveness, reducing inequalities and promoting regional integration and cooperation. By considering China as a case study, and the successes and lessons from Liberia and Ethiopia, this parallel session seeks to challenge how transport investment can be viewed through a fragility lens.
- Seth Kaplan - African Development Bank (AfDB)
- Jeff Turner - Gender & Infrastructure Expert on (AfDB)
- Teferra Mengesha - W.T Consult plc
- Jackson Paye - Deputy Minister for Rural Development and Community Services - Liberia
Documents
Jackson Paye (1.27 MB)
The Importance of roads to building states / Seth D. Kaplan (1.18 MB)
Inclusive and resilient transport: Possible directions for tackling inequality / Jeff Turner (531 kB)
Ethiopia: Performance monitoring and impact evaluation for sustainable transport / Teferra Mengesha (0.93 MB)
Quote
Since 2008 the Bank has helped to build and rehabilitate 25,000 kilometres of main roads and feeder roads, benefiting more than 10 million people.
Conference venue

Immeuble CCIA, Plateau - Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire