World Bank and IIM Lucknow’s Manfest-Varchasva
About World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and
grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of
pursuing capital projects. The World Bank is the collective name for the International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and International Development
Association (IDA), two of five international organizations owned by the World Bank
Group. As of 2022, the World Bank is run by a president and 25 executive directors,
as well as 29 various vice presidents. IBRD and IDA have 189 and 174 member
countries, respectively. The U.S., Japan, China, Germany and the U.K. have the most
voting power. The bank aims loans at developing countries to help reduce poverty.
The bank is engaged in several global partnerships and initiatives, and takes a role in
working toward addressing climate change.
Round 2 - Case Competition
Problem Statement - Building Sustainable mobility for people
with disability and gender in transport sector
An accessible, connected, and safe transport infrastructure is central to economic
development of any country. Better transport has the potential to improve lives and
livelihoods of billions of people by facilitating access to jobs, markets, and essential
services such as healthcare and education. Sustainable mobility vision has four key
pillars-equitable access, security and safety, efficiency, and pollution and climate
responsiveness.1
Gender and social imbalance in mobility is evident from the disparity in travel
patterns. This primarily emerges due to lack of understanding of travel needs of
diverse population groups which constraints their access to socioeconomic
opportunities. Inclusive and safe transport systems can be defined as the ability to
access a preferred destination safely and reliably by navigating in an environment
considerate of each individual needs.2 This can be achieved by identifying and
addressing the varied mobility needs of women, marginalized sections, rural
population, people with disabilities, elderly, and children.
Case Study Challenge
1. What are the key needs and barriers in making mobility gender and socially
inclusive?
2. Select a city / mode of choice, define the key challenges it faces in provision of
safe, accessible, inclusive, and sustainable transport. Define the problem
statement you would attempt to solve and clearly articulate an innovative and
implementable approach to achieve the objective
3. Your recommendations should demonstrate an understanding of a commuters’
journey, bottlenecks faced and take into consideration global best practices and
regulations and guidelines by state and central government.
Sustainable Mobility for the 21st Century, Mahmoud Mohieldin and Nancy Vandycke, July 2017, The
World Bank
2 Safe and inclusive transport and mobility, Note by the secretariat, UN Economic and social council, 2020
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4. Identify aspects and stakeholders whose involvement will be critical in the
planning, design, implementation, and operation of your proposal.
5. Define the outcome of your proposal for the people and the environment.
6. What do you foresee as the key planning/ financial/ regulatory/ and
institutional issues in implementing the recommended approach?
7. How will you attract public and private investment in the sector?
Submissions:
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All submissions are to be done in electronic format.
Your power-point presentations (submitted as pdf) should not be of more than
2 slides covering problem statement, site, issues, stakeholders,
recommendations, and introduction team should use “Calibri” font with a
minimum font size of 11.
Presentation should also be submitted in video format as if teams are
presenting in front of Jury. This will avoid any technical glitches at the last
moment.
Team Eligibility:
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The challenge is open to students currently enrolled in India. Students should
organize themselves in teams (individuals not allowed).
Maximum size of the team is 3 members.
Submissions are limited to one per team. Individuals are not allowed to be part
of multiple teams.
World Bank Group staff, including consultants, interns, contractors, and their
immediate family members, are not eligible to participate in the competition.
Selection Process:
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A panel of experts will judge the contest. The decision of the panel will be final.
Proposals will be judged based broadly following criteria: (1) clarity and
relevance to the topic; (2) innovation; (3) Inclusion and Sustainability quotient
and (4) ability to implementation.
All submissions received after the deadline will not be considered eligible for
the competition.
Other T&C:
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Notwithstanding the above, entrants retain all intellectual property and all
rights of their concepts. Submissions must a) be original; b) be solely owned by
Contestant, who represents that no other party has any rights or interest,
whether known or unknown; and 3) not violate the Intellectual Property or
rights of other parties. The World Bank disclaims any liability for infringements
or other violations of intellectual property rights based on claims of ownership
by entrants, by entering the case study competition, entrant agrees to hold
harmless the Bank against any third-party claims.
All decisions are final; if you do not agree with these terms, you may choose
not to participate or withdraw your Submission.
By submitting your entry to this case study competition for consideration, all
entrants hereby acknowledge and affirm that the World Bank will forever have
the non-exclusive right to display submissions for this competition at any time
and in any manner. Uses may include, but are not limited to, print or electronic
publication, promotional brochures, posters, or other corporate
communications materials. The World Bank Group also retain the right to
distribute to third parties any photographs submitted for this contest, for the
purposes(s) of promoting the World Bank activities or for other purposes
deemed to further the mission of the World Bank.
World Bank Projects
The World Bank has been working towards mainstreaming gender and social
inclusion in transport across countries. Some references from the work undertaken by
the Bank on the subject is presented below.
• India - Toolkit for Enabling Gender Responsive Urban Mobility and Public
Spaces: https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/38199
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Mainstreaming Gender in Road Transport: Operational Guidance for World Bank
Staff:
https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/669831468330934298/pdf/569540NWP
0Tran10Box353751B01PUBLIC1.pdf