You have full access to this open access chapter, Download reference work entry PDF
The IRF is a non-profit, non-political service organization whose purpose is to encourage better road and transportation systems worldwide and to help apply technology and management practices to give maximum economic and social returns from national road investments.
Founded following the Second World War, over the years the IRF has led major global road infrastructure developments, including achieving 1,000 km of new roads in Mexico in the 1950s, and promoting the Pan-American Highway linking North and South America. The IRF works together with members and associates in 118 countries, promoting social and economic benefits that flow from well planned and environmentally sound road transport networks. It publishes World Road Statistics, covering over 200 countries and territories.
-
Headquarters: Madison Place, 500 Montgomery St., Fifth Floor, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, USA.
-
Website: https://www.irf.global
-
Email: info@IRF.global
-
Chairman: Abdullah A. Al-Mogbel (Saudi Arabia).
Copyright information
© 2019 The Author(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
About this entry
Cite this entry
(2019). International Road Federation (IRF). In: The Statesman’s Yearbook 2019. The Statesman's Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-95321-9_41
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-95321-9_41
Published:
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, London
Print ISBN: 978-1-349-95320-2
Online ISBN: 978-1-349-95321-9
eBook Packages: Political Science and International StudiesReference Module Humanities and Social SciencesReference Module Business, Economics and Social Sciences