Transcript The IDB Road Safety Strategy

The IDB ROAD SAFETY STRATEGY
Néstor H. Roa
Chief, Transport Division
Inter-American Development Bank
Berkeley, November 2015
Multilateral development institution
founded in 1959, the oldest regional multilateral
Owned by 48 member countries
26 LatinAmerican & Caribbean countries (LAC)
22 nonborrowing member countries
Purpose: promote the economic and social development in LAC to
achieve lasting poverty reduction and greater social equity
Provide: loans, guarantees and technical
assistance to sovereign governments and nonsovereign entities
Gender Equality
& Diversity
Climate Change
& Environmental
Sustainability
Institutional
Capacity & the
Rule of Law
Social Exclusion
& Inequality
Low Productivity
& Innovation
IDB’S INSTITUTIONAL STRATEGY
INTEGRATED VISION
Limited
Economic
Integration
THE PILLARS OF OUR
INFRASTRUCTURE STRATEGY
INNOVATION
MULTI
SECTORIALITY
SUSTAINABILITY
INTEGRATED VISION
GENDER
TRANSPORT DIVISION STRATEGY
INTEGRATED
MULTIMODAL
APPROACH for
passengers and freight
STRATEGIC AREAS
EFFICIENT, ACCESSIBLE,
INCLUSIVE,
SUSTAINABLE AND SAFE TRANSPORT
Road Safety
Freight Logistics
Sustainable Transport,
Intelligent Transport
Systems
Megaprojects
POVERTY REDUCTION, IMPROVED
QUALITY OF LIFE, ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND REGIONAL
INTEGRATION
GENDER perspective,
ENVIRONMENTAL,
SOCIAL and FISCAL
SUSTAINABILITY
Strengthening PUBLIC
INVESTMENT and
PRIVATE SECTOR
participation in financing
Global context
Nearly
1.4 million people killed every year
Road accidents, main cause of death for
children between 5 and 14 years and 2nd for
young people between 15 and 29
Economic impact of traffic fatalities and
injuries - 1% to 3% of GDP
Levels of road mortality
high
low
Annual death rate per 100,000 population
LAC context
Annual fatality rate at 17.2 deaths per
100,000 inhabitants
Current rate higher in comparison to 2009 –
16.2 per 100,000 inhabitants
Rate could reach 24 deaths per 100,000
inhabitants, 40% higher
Background
Goals
Actions
Generate
baselines and
organizational
support
Consolidate a
program with
specific activities
Strengthen road
safety
observatories
Generate
capacity building
and public
awareness
Support
knowledge
transfer through
road safety
events and
dissemination
Promote Latin
NCAP’s initiative,
supporting safe
vehicle
regulation
Knowledge
Children & Youth & Society
The IDB ROAD SAFETY STRATEGY
Néstor H. Roa
Chief, Transport Division
Inter-American Development Bank
Berkeley, November 2015