The air transport sector is an integral part of economic growth and development. As the only available means of transporting passengers and goods across the globe within a single day, air transport provides...
This policy paper explores airline restructuring and regulatory reform challenges and opportunities in the Southern African region with particular focus on Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia and South...
The COVID-19 pandemic is posing an existential threat to the air transport sector globally, including in Africa. Due to sustained and significant loss of revenue coupled with the presence of several fixed...
The World Bank Group (WBG) is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world through the provision of low-interest loans, grants, credits, guarantees and...
This is the eleventh edition of the World Bank Group (WBG) Air Transport Annual Report. This paper summarizes the current activities of the air transport practice at the WBG. Over the past sixty years...
This is the tenth edition of the World Bank Group (WBG) Air Transport Annual Report. 2014 was a year that highlighted the growing importance of connectivity and competitiveness in our global economy. Airlines...
The emergence of low-cost carriers (LCCs) has been a key catalyst for the development of the aviation industry in the last decade. Indeed, extensive research has been undertaken to analyze the business...
This paper includes the following headings: education public, private, and partnerships, or PPPs come of age; vouching for the future; mobile learning dials up success; U.S. Secretary of Education by Arne...
In fiscal year 2013 (FY13), the World Bank's (WB) air transport portfolio amounted to United States (U.S.) 1.36 billion dollars, an increase of 9.6 percent from FY2012. The air transport segment makes...
Air and sea transport power the global economy. Since the vast majority of trade is physical, it must travel by plane or ship to reach its market. In fact, high value, time-sensitive goods usually fly...
The World Bank Group (WBG) fiscal year 2012 air transport portfolio includes nearly 30 projects or project components in all six World Bank region, as well as 20 active International Finance Corporation...
The recovery of the aviation sector, which resulted in a global industry profit of US$18 billion in 2010, was hampered by new challenges during fiscal year 2011. Political unrest in many parts of the Middle...
Recent sector work on air transport in Yemen found the Yemeni air transport sector to be relatively small compared to that of other countries of similar size, population, and Gross Domestic Product (GDP)...
For the purposes of this book, "open skies" refers to a bilateral or multilateral air service agreement that liberalizes the rules for international aviation markets and minimizes government intervention...