Transportation

Railways in Developing Countries: A Global Review

This report provides a basic stocktaking of those railways, explaining the industry structure and the current situation. Basic data on network size; volume; passenger fares and freight tariffs; labor productivity; network density; and perceived service quality assets, traffic, pricing and staffing have been compiled into the Developing Country Rail Database, which could be useful for analysis and comparisons across regions.

World Bank. 2022. Railways in Developing Countries: A Global Review. © Washington, DC: World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37394