Rural Transport Services : A Guide to Their Planning and Implementation

This book considers the problem of providing maximum access to transport services, and to roads for the rural population of the world's developing countries when limited funds are available. Access is a key factor in both social and economic development. It promotes social intercourse and opens up markets for both the rural and urban populations. Access connotes the ability to travel and to transport goods. The components of access include both the infrastructure and the transport modes or aids that use the infrastructure.

Henri L. Beenhakker teaches courses in finance, risk management, investment analysis, and enterprise evaluation at the New York Institute of Finance and the International Institute of USDA's Graduate School. He has served as principal economist at the World Bank, chairman of the Department of Industrial Management at the University of Iowa, and adjunct professor at the School of Advanced Studies at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Beenhakker is the author of more than 40 articles and seven books, including two previously published by Quorum: Risk Management in Project Finance and Implementation (1997) and Investment Decision Making in the Private and Public Sectors (1996).