Rural roads and local economic development / Sam Asher, Paul Novosad
Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: World Bank E-Library Archive | Policy research working paper ; 8466Publisher: Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group, Development Economics, Development Research Group, June 2018Description: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 66 Seiten) : IllustrationenSubject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Erscheint auch als: Rural Roads and Local Economic Development. Druck-Ausgabe Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2018DOI: DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-8466Online resources: Summary: Nearly one billion people worldwide live in rural areas without access to the paved road network. This paper measures the impacts of India's USD 40 billion national rural road construction program using regression discontinuity and data covering every individual and firm in rural India. The main effect of new feeder roads is to allow workers to obtain nonfarm work. However, there are no major changes in consumption, assets or agricultural outcomes. Nonfarm employment in the village expands only slightly, suggesting the new work is found outside of the village. Even with better market connections, remote areas may continue to lack economic opportunitiesPPN: PPN: 1027338089Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-WBA | ZDB-110-WBONo physical items for this record
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