Transport Sector Note on Applying the World Bank Group Paris Alignment Assessment Method

This Sector Note outlines the sector-specific issues for applying the World Bank Group (WBG) Paris Alignment (PA) assessment methods to operations with transport sector activities. The Note is not a standalone document and should be used in conjunction with the applicable WBG PA assessment methods for demonstrating alignment. The Note will be updated from time to time to capture the lessons learned;incorporate progress, breakthroughs, and developments in technologies, policies, practices, and consumer behavior; and reflect the evolving pipeline of the WBG’s transport-related operations. The relevant activity types for the transport sector operations addressed in other Sector Notes are:

1. supply and storage offossil fuels, which are covered by the Energy and Extractives Note;
2. energy and fuel subsidy reform, covered by the Energy and Extractives Note; and
3. buildings covered by the Urban, Disaster Risk Management, Resilience, and Land Note.