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  • Online documents: The selected websites provide you with a wealth of information include policy papers, lessons learnt brochures, reports, conference papers, proceedings, etc. The documents are available in pdf or in html format. The 'Acrobat Reader' for reading pdf-files can be downloaded for free.
  • Online libraries: Organisations and their websites providing references to books and other published material specific to the transport sector.
  • Book selections: Listing of links to book selections ('hit lists') and annotated bibliographies. These products are regularly updated.
 
Online documents  
 
ASIST

On-line publications of the ASIST/ILO. Sourcebooks, guides, technical briefs, programme papers, presentations, seminar proceedings, etc.

 
ATNESA

Animal traction document resources by theme, country and regions made available by the Animal Traction Network for Eastern and Southern Afrika (ATNESA)

 
DTU

Publications (research notes, technical releases and working papers) of the Development Technology Unit (School of Engineering, University of Warwick) dealing with animal traction and the development and transfer of technologies appropriate to rural areas of tropical countries.

 
ITF Documents

Discussion papers, conference papers, speeches and presentations of the International Transport Forum, a global platform and meeting place at the highest level for transport, logistics and mobility.

 
ITDP

Documents and whitepapers of the Institute for Transportation & Development Policy on general issues as well as program / project updates of Latin America, Africa, Asia and Central Europe.

 
PIARC's virtual library

This searchable virtual library contains PIARC publications (technical reports, proceedings of PIARC World Road Congresses and International Winter Road Congresses) and a selection of articles published in Routes/Roads.

 
SSATP

Publications from the SSATP on general issues, Road Management Initiative, Rural Travel and Transport program, Urban Mobility, Trade & Transport, Railway Restructuring and Transport data.

 
WB Transport Publications

World Bank transport unit publications , INU/TWU Series, Infrastructure Notes and other notes on railways, ports, shipping, rural / urban transport, roads and highways and transport related topics.

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Online libraries  
 
ASISTDOC

A database of over 8,000 labour-based technology and local level planning documents for online search giving quick and easy access to bibliographic details of publications available from ASIST's Document Centre.

 
BLDS

British Library for Development Study - Europe's most comprehensive research collection on development issues. Database containing records of over 1000 journal titles, 10,000 magazine, newspaper, annual report and newsletter titles and 80,000 monographs, including individual research reports, working papers and books.

 
Elsevier

Books about transportation published by Elsevier Social Sciences including transport handbooks, economics, modelling, policy, management, safety & psychology and cross-disciplinary issues

 
IFRTD Library

The IFRTD maintains a regularly updated documentation centre on rural transport in London. You can download the database (MS Access 97) with more than 2600 entries

 
ITDG Publishing

The Development Bookshop, Europe's leading online bookshop for international development and technology. Operated by ITDG Publishing. Full delivery service worldwide.

 
TRIS Online

Transportation Research Information Services (TRIS) Online, provided by BTS/TRB is the largest and most comprehensive source of information on published transportation research on the Web.

 
World Bank

Catalogue of World Bank publications by field (country, region, subject, series, language, publisher) or by dates. Advanced search by title, author, keyword or ISBN.

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Book selections  
 
25 Basic Publications

This web page provided by Skat, contains brief summaries of selected reference publications in the field of mobility and transport. The selected publications are structured according to the categories of: General literature; Transport infrastructure; Means of transport; Planning and management, O&M, PPP and Cross-sectoral concerns.

 
IFRTD Bibliographies

Annotated bibliographies on "Mobility and Haalth" (2005-2007) and on "Rural Water Transport" (2002) prepared and published by the International Forum for Rural Transport and Development (IFRTD).

 
TRISP

A literature review on "Knowledge Demand Assessments for Transport and Rural Infrastructure Services" prepared in 2001 by the Transport and Rural Infrastructure Services Learning and Sharing Project (TRISP)

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