This report provides an overview of the challenges and opportunities in addressing road safety in the ECA (Europe and Central Asia) Region. It presents information on the size, characteristics, and causes of the problem; presents evidence on the effectiveness of measures that countries world-wide have adopted to improve road safety; briefly describes current international road safety policy; and discusses a range of strategies and actions that could be undertaken by the World Bank in coordination and partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), multilateral development banks, other international agencies and donors, as well as with private and civil society institutions. (Author/publisher) The full report as well as the Executive Summary in Russian is posted at http://www.worldbank.org/eca/roadsafety.
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