This is the first Activities Report of the World Bank Global Road Safety Facility. The Facility was established to generate increased grant funding and technical assistance for global, regional and country road safety activities designed to accelerate and scale-up capacity building and results-focused initiatives in low and middle-income countries. Road safety is a development priority and people have become increasingly aware of the sheer scale of the negative economic and social impacts arising from the staggering death and injury toll accompanying rapid rates of motorization in the countries concerned. The Facility has already taken positive steps and is supporting activities that help countries strengthen their management capacity and improve road safety results on a sustainable basis. The activities of the Facility are summarized in this report. (Author/publisher)
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