WORLD BANK TRANSPORT ENGAGEMENTS WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION AND NEIGHBORHOOD COUNTRIES Exchange of views with the European Parliament October 9th, 2018
T HE W ORLD B ANK G ROUP AND ITS ACTIVITIES IN TRANSPORT IN GENERAL
SUMMARY OF THE WORLD BANK GROUP HISTORY OF IBRD IN EUROPE IBRD V OTING R IGHTS Quick Summary ( AS OF J UNE 30, 2018) Multilateral: 189 member countries All 157 2 goals: others member 1. To end extreme EU 28 countries poverty by 2030 43,22% 26,49% 2. To boost shared prosperity India 2,93% 5 arms (IBRD, IDA, IFC, ICSD, MIGA) United People's States 11,900 staff, 140 Republic Japan 15,98% of China offices worldwide 6,89% 4,45% Photo: WB project archives – Netherlands: “Royal Dutch Airlines Project” (P037458)
WHY IS TRANSPORT CRITICAL FOR DEVELOPMENT? 1 billion people live in rural Urban transport costs 42% areas without access to an all- more in Africa (relative to GDP weather road per capita) than elsewhere Car ownership is expected to Transport is the fastest growing grow by 60% in just the coming source of GHG emissions decade 1.3 m people are killed on the Transport accounts for about world’s roads each year, 90% in 64% of global oil consumption Lower and Middle Income Countries Photo: WB project archives – Italy: “Industrial, Irrigation, and Power Projects” (P037415)
THE OBJECTIVES FOR TRANSPORT “Connecting people to markets and services for greater development impact” The World Bank is the largest provider of development finance for transport globally: US$39 billion active portfolio; Transport accounts for 17% of all World Bank operations (June 2018). Photo: WB project archives – Netherlands: “Loans to Dutch Shipping Companies” (P037452)
WHERE WE OPERATE – ACTIVE LENDING ENGAGEMENTS L OCATION OF W ORLD B ANK T RANSPORT P ORTFOLIO 178 $38.9B (US$ BIL . AS OF J UNE 30, 2018) Projects Commitments East Asia & Europe (EU, Pacific Mongolia, EaP, WB) 3,0 China, Central 3,4 Asia 7,2 Middle East / North Afr. / Afg. + Pak. 2,7 South Asia 8,8 Latin America 5,6 Sub-Saharan Africa 8,3 Photo: WB project archives – Belgium: “Port and Waterways Project” (P037360)
AREAS OF EXPERTISE ACROSS TRANSPORT SUBSECTORS 5 Global Solutions Groups 8 Communities of Practice Gender Urban Mobility Fragility, Conflict & Violence Infrastructure, Finance & Railways Management TO Transit Oriented Development D Development Corridors & Regional Integration Economics Road Safety Leveraging the Private Sector ES Contract Management Green Transport HS Air Transport Photo: WB project archives Finland “Finish Power, Woodworking, and Agricultural Projects” (P037367)
I NVESTMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WITHIN THE EU - LESSONS TO BE LEARNT
IBRD – INVESTING IN EUROPE’S DEVELOPMENT SINCE 1947… IBRD N EW L OAN C OMMITMENTS IN C URRENT EU M EMBER S TATES US$ Equivalent (original loan principal) (Inflation adjusted original loan principal segmented by country groups) 6.000.000.000 5.000.000.000 4.000.000.000 3.000.000.000 2.000.000.000 1.000.000.000 0 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Founding members Acceded in 1995 Acceded in 2004 Acceded in 2007 Acceded in 2013 Photo: World Bank Team – Croatia: “Sustainable Croatian Railways in Europe Project” (P147499)
WHAT IS THE WORLD BANK’S ROLE IN THE EU? Bring and apply global knowledge and development solutions Address investment gaps Support structural where they persist reforms (esp. in lagging regions) Reinforce Learn from Europe institutions – esp. and adapt to lower in recent member income contexts states Photo: WB Team – Croatia: “Rijeka Gateway Projects I & II” (P102365)
WHAT WE CURRENTLY DO IN EU AND NEIGHBORHOOD COUNTRIES T RANSPORT I N EU AND N EIGHBORHOOD C OUNTRIES A CTIVE P ORTFOLIO BY S UB - S ECTOR (US$ M ILLION ) Rural and Inter- Railways T RANSPORT IN EU AND Urban 237 N EIGHBORHOOD C OUNTRIES – 2.801 Ports & S NAPSHOT OF A CTIVITIES Waterways 114 Knowledge Active Products Projects Other 27 23 Transportation 196 Non Transport 52 FY19 Lending + Active Pipeline ASAs 1 27 Photo: WB Team – Poland: “Catching Up Regions 3 Program” (P131821)
WHERE DO WE SEE THE FUTURE CHALLENGES? EMERGING ISSUES #1. Reforms are difficult #2. EU and WB working #3. EU and WB may at to implement (how to)… together both achieve times have differing even in advanced more: points of view on environments: transport sector reform and priorities: Speaking with one voice Regulations are improves chances of Challenge and test each comprehensive BUT being heard other’s thinking Implementation can be Partnerships support Foster innovation with incredibly challenging better use of funding (all resources) diverse views Global knowledge and Complementary skills Pushes the WB to think networks can help a lot beyond financing due to scale of EU grants Photo: WB Team – Bulgaria: “e-tolling capacity building (P166735) Photo: WB Team – Add… Project (P….)
WHERE DO WE SEE FUTURE CHALLENGES / OPPORTUNITIES? CO2 EMISSIONS FROM TRANSPORT Others Areas: (% OF TOTAL FUEL COMBUSTION ) Logistics 2,20 INDEXED , YR . 2000 = 1 Poland performance; 2,00 Romania Indexed, yr. 2000 = 1 1,80 Mobility and gender; Bulgaria Croatia 1,60 Regional integration European Union 1,40 OECD members across Europe’s 1,20 borders; 1,00 Road safety; 0,80 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Railways reform. Photo: HAC/Croatian Motorways – Croatia: “Modernization & restructuring of the road sector project” (P155842)
W ORLD B ANK G ROUP E NGAGEMENT IN THE EU N EIGHBORHOOD C OUNTRIES (W ESTERN B ALKANS , E ASTERN P ARTNERSHIP AND T URKEY )
GENERAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES #1. Collaboration: #2. Work at multiple #3. Use of WB levels: instruments: Client governments Local government Lending DG NEAR; DG MOVE National institutions Project focused SEETO / TCT Neighbors and sub- Policy focused region EIB, EBRD Program focused Level of broader region Analytical work with cooperation with EU Technical assistance institutions Photo: WB Team – Belarus: “Railway and Logistics Strategy” (P161818)
WORLD BANK IN THE WESTERN BALKANS #1: Regional Connectivity: corridor projects, #2: Road investments and sustainable asset Trade and Transport Facilitation, corridor management (Albania, Bosnia and performance and Transport Treaty scale up Herzegovina, Macedonia, Serbia) (regional) #3: Climate resilience and air quality management (Albania, Bosnia and #4: Railway reform (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Herzegovina and Serbia, Regional TA activity Serbia) for the WB6) #5: Local connectivity: working with municipalities to support agriculture, tourism, education (Macedonia and Albania) Photo: WB Team - Bosnia and Herzegovina: “Republika Srpska Railways Restructuring (P161122)”
THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP NEIGHBORHOOD #2. Road safety: working groups on data, #1. Cross regional activities: collaboration enforcement and infrastructure – target to with DG NEAR & DG MOVE on Transport reduce fatalities by 25% by 2020 Panel Secretariat #3. infrastructure investments: corridor #4. Logistics: logistics strategy in Ukraine, development, local roads programs, green logistics approaches in Georgia, maintenance activities BCPs in Belarus, railway reform #5. Intelligent Transport Systems: Weigh- in-Motion systems, e-tolling, automatic speed enforcement and intelligent highways. SMART cities. Images: WB Team & European Commission – “Eastern Partnership Transport Panel” (PP162871)
THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP NEIGHBORHOOD #1. Cross regional #2. Ukraine, Moldova, #3. Armenia, activities: Belarus: Azerbaijan, Georgia: Collaboration with DG Logistics strategy / Major corridor NEAR & DG MOVE on support in Belarus and investments (Georgia, Transport Panel Ukraine Azerbaijan) Secretariat Local connectivity in Local accessibility Technical assistance on Moldova (Georgia, Armenia) greener regional Railways reform and Technical assistance on connectivity restructuring (Belarus, logistics and road safety Ukraine) Urban transport in Kyiv Images: WB Team – Ukraine: “Troyeshina Rapid Transit technical assistance” (P167652)
TURKEY #1: Technical assistance on urban mobility, intelligent transport systems, railways, & logistics *(IPAII funded) #2: Advisory assistance on private sector participation in logistics #3: Looking to partner with EIB and EBRD to meet keen client demand for infrastructure finance Photo: WB Team - Turkey: “Sustainable, safe and efficient transport technical assistance (P157550)”
Thank you! Photo: WB Team - Serbia: “Corridor X Highway Project” (P108005)
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