Comprehensive review for the World Bank by Roberts

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Assignment -

Evidence shows that investments in road and rail corridors across Africa, Asia and South America have number of positive and negative impacts on wider economic, social and environmental factors.

Answer the following questions by drawing on the comprehensive review for the World Bank by Roberts et al (2018) and other literature, using illustrative examples where appropriate.

a) Describe the mechanisms by which road or rail transport corridor investments may have an impact on a number of socio-economic characteristics.

b) According to the evidence available, generally what wider socio-economic characteristics receive a beneficial impact from transport corridor investments?

c) What, if any, are the negative effects of transport corridor investment as shown by the literature and why may they occur?

d) What complimentary measures could be thought about in order to mitigate the possible negative effects of transport corridor investments? What groups or locations could these be targeted at?

The word limit for this assignment is 2500 words. You should submit a report to the exact word length. EVERYTHING except the title, contents page (when used), content of tables and figures, reference list or bibliography, and any appendices is included in the word count. The content included in tables, titles for figures and tables, figures and appendices should be appropriate for the assignment. In most cases, appendices should include only supplementary text and data, rather than text and data that is essential to the argument presented in the assignment.

Note - Need in text citation in each paragraph, at least 2 flow charts/diagrams and graphs to enrich the solution, 15+ references and online references should not be more than 2 mention sources in all diagrams images and all write a separate list of diagrams etc. Follow the reading list.

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