Acknowledgements

These webpages were prepared for the Rural Travel and Transport Program (RTTP) with funding from the Department for International Development (DFID), UK.

Paul Starkey prepared the text, took most of the photographs and developed the website. The ideas and opinions expressed here are those of the author. They do not necessarily represent the views of RTTP, DFID or the World Bank.

Many documents were consulted in the preparation of these pages. Although it was not practical to cite references on each webpage, these are fully acknowledged. A full list of sources and references (with some hyperlinks for free documents) is available on this web site.

Many people assisted the preparation of this work.

• George Banjo (RTTP) initiated the whole project and provided many ideas and suggestions.

• Peter Roberts (DFID) provided suggestions and arranged the funding.

• Andrew Leimdorfer prepared the initial design of these web pages.

• Danièle Perrot-Maître undertook the French translation.

• Priyanthi Fernando and Michael Noyes of the International Forum for Rural Transport and Development (IFRTD) provided helpful suggestions.

• Upali Pannilage, Roberta Burgess and Stephen Lawrence provided additional photographs.

• Lakshmi Mhishi assisted with graphic designs.

• Monique Desthuis-Francis helped edit the pages for the World Bank website.

The contribution of these people and the others who helped is gratefully acknowledged.

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