Transport is the second most important contributor to economic growth, after education.
-The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy

Transport moves people and goods; and provides access to clinics, schools, markets, and financial opportunities. While motorized vehicles are more efficient, they are too costly for the poorest communities. Non-motorized modes of transportation, such as bicycles, tricycles, rickshaws, handcarts, and wheelbarrows, serve a critical role for those living in on the peripheries of cities and in remote rural locations.[link]

Source: UN HABITAT & GENUS (Global Energy Network for Urban Settlements)
Year: 2009
[Summary of] workshop [that] was held on the 27th and 28th May 2009 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The workshop was jointly organised by UN‐HABITAT, the Institute for Transportation Studies [Instran], Indonesia and Institute for Transportation [and Development [ITDP]. The overall organisation of the workshop was within the framework of a newly UN‐sponsored partnership, the Global Energy Network for Urban Settlements [GENUS]. This is seen as a dynamic network of private, public civil society partnership that will encourage the support and design of energy access programmes for the urban poor through the exchange and dissemination of best practices and technologies, awareness creation, advocacy and knowledge management.

Author: Aditi Nargundkar Pathak
Source: The Urban Vision Website
Year: 2009
Report of Columbia University forum on sustainable transportation

Author: Matheka Mokonyama
Source: 2nd Economy Strategy Project &Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) report
Year: 2008
The aim of this paper is to articulate necessary state interventions to improve transport services for the urban poor in South Africa. The paper forms part of a larger study intended to inform a strategic response to the challenges of the “second economy” in the South African urban areas.

Source: United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Environment Programme, The World Bank, World Resources Institute
Year: 2005
Explores need for transportation solutions for the rural poor

Authors: Gita Johar and Joanna Harries
Source: Columbia University Business School via Acumen
Year: 2010
In 2005 Ziqitza Healthcare launched Dial 1298 for Ambulance – a program which attempted to fill the need for universally accessible, high-quality emergency medical services in India. By 2009, with additional support from the Acumen Fund, 1298 operated over 90 ambulances in Mumbai and several other locations in India. With these services in place, the organization was poised to meet the challenge of how to raise awareness among consumers long accustomed to alternate, and lesser quality, service providers.