Greening Growth in Pakistan through Transport Sector Reforms: A Strategic Environmental, Poverty, and SocialAssessment identifies reforms that can help Pakistan manage its environmental priorities given transport’simpacts on air quality, noise pollution, road safety, hazardous-materials transport, climate change, and urbansprawl. The policy options are contextualized in light of the government of Pakistan’s 2011 Framework forEconomic Growth and its strategic objectives.This analytical work examines the poverty, social, and environmental aspects associated with reforms thatwould increase the freight transport sector’s productivity to meet the Framework’s goals. It focuses on thefollowing areas:• Analyzing the policy and institutional adjustments required to address the environmental, social, andpoverty aspects of increased transportation efficiency in Pakistan• Identifying policy options for the government of Pakistan to better serve the population, to enhancesocial cohesion, and to foster equitable benefit sharing with low-income or other vulnerable groups• Developing a broad participatory process to give a voice to stakeholders who could be affected byenhancements of freight transport productivity• Making robust recommendations to strengthen governance and the institutional capacity of agencies tomanage the environmental, social, and poverty consequences of freight transportation infrastructureThe book also presents information on the economic and institutional analyses undergirding this report anddetails its methodology.Greening Growth in Pakistan through Transport Sector Reforms is intended for policy makers, civil society, theprivate sector, and academics who wish to participate in dialogues on Pakistan’s trade and transport sectors’priorities. It is hoped that this report will stimulate debate that steers these sectors and their participants inthe direction of greening economic growth.