Estimating the Social Profitability of India's Rural Roads Program : A Bumpy Ride

Estimating the Social Profitability of India's Rural Roads Program : A Bumpy Ride

India's rural roads program, Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, aims to draw villagers into the mainstream by improving not only their terms of trade, but also their educational attainments and health. Treating each all-weather feeder road as a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bell, Clive
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESSIBILITY ACCIDENTS ADOLESCENTS ADVERSE EFFECTS AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL WAGES AGRICULTURE BIKES BONDS CAPITAL MARKETS COMMUNICABLE DISEASES CONGESTION CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMERS COST ANALYSIS COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS DECISION VARIABLES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIESEL DISCOUNT RATE DISTORTIONARY TAXES DISTRICT ROADS DRAUGHT ANIMALS DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS LITERATURE ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EMPIRICAL BASIS EQUIVALENT VARIATION EXPECTED UTILITY EXPENDITURES EXTERNAL COSTS EXTERNALITIES EXTERNALITY FAMILIES FEEDER ROAD FEEDER ROADS FOOTPATHS FUNCTIONAL FORMS GDP GROWTH RATE HIGHWAY HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCREASING RETURNS INDUSTRIALIZATION INJURY INTERNATIONAL TRADE ISOLATION JOURNEY MARGINAL UTILITY MARKET PRICES MARKETING MIGRATION MORBIDITY MORTALITY MOTOR FUEL NATIONAL INCOME NET EXPORTS OPPORTUNITY COST PATIENT PATIENTS PER CAPITA INCOMES POLLUTION POPULATION GROWTH PRESENT VALUE PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES PROFITABILITY PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC GOODS RECONSTRUCTION REDUCTION IN TRAVEL ROAD ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD NETWORK ROAD PRICING ROAD PROJECTS RURAL ROAD RURAL ROADS RURAL TRAFFIC SAVINGS SHADOW PRICES STATE HIGHWAYS SUNK COSTS TAXATION TAXIS TERMS OF TRADE TRAFFIC VOLUMES TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRIP TRIPS TRUCKS UTILITY FUNCTION VOLUME OF TRAFFIC WAGE RATES WAGES WILLINGNESS TO PAY WORKERS YOUNG ADULTS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/08/16603174/estimating-social-profitability-indias-rural-roads-program-bumpy-ride http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12008

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/08/16603174/estimating-social-profitability-indias-rural-roads-program-bumpy-ride
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12008

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