Highway to Success in India : The Impact of the Golden Quadrilateral Project for the Location and Performance of Manufacturing
The infrastructure gap is one of the most significant impediments to India realizing its growth and poverty reduction potential. Although India s transport network is one of the most extensive in the world, accessibility and connectivity are limite...
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ACCESS ROADS ACCESSIBILITY ACCOUNTING ADMINISTRATIVE SUBDIVISIONS AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY BRIDGE BUSINESS LEADERS COASTAL PROVINCES COEFFICIENTS COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE CONNECTIVITY DECENTRALIZATION DEMAND FOR ROAD TRANSPORT DIFFERENTIALS DISTRICT DISTRICT LEVEL DISTRICT-LEVEL DISTRICTS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS ELASTICITIES ELECTRICITY EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT ENTERPRISE SURVEYS EXPRESSWAYS FREIGHT FREIGHT MOVEMENT FUEL GENDER GROWTH POTENTIAL HIGHWAY HIGHWAY AUTHORITY HIGHWAY CONGESTION HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE HIGHWAY INVESTMENTS HIGHWAY NETWORK HIGHWAY NETWORKS HIGHWAY PROJECT HIGHWAY PROJECTS HIGHWAY SYSTEM HIGHWAY SYSTEMS HIGHWAYS IMPACT OF TRANSPORT IMPACTS OF TRANSPORTATION INCOME INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INNOVATION INSTITUTION INTERNATIONAL ROAD FEDERATION INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM INTERVENTIONS INVENTORY INVENTORY MANAGEMENT LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LANES LICENSE LOCALIZATION LONG-DISTANCE LONG-DISTANCE TRAFFIC MANUFACTURING MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY MOTOR VEHICLES MOVEMENT OF GOODS NATIONAL HIGHWAYS OPEN ACCESS PASSENGER TRAFFIC POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL PROCESS POPULATION DENSITY PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC INVESTMENT QUERY RADIO RAILROAD RAILROADS RENTS RESULT RESULTS ROAD ROAD CONGESTION ROAD NETWORK ROAD TRANSPORT ROADS ROUTE RURAL ROADS SATELLITE STATE HIGHWAYS SUBNATIONAL SUBURBS SUPPLIERS TELEVISION TIME PERIOD TOWN TOWNS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRAFFIC TRAFFIC VOLUME TRANSPORT TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT NETWORK TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS TRUE URBANIZATION USES WEB ZONING |
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ACCESS ROADS ACCESSIBILITY ACCOUNTING ADMINISTRATIVE SUBDIVISIONS AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY BRIDGE BUSINESS LEADERS COASTAL PROVINCES COEFFICIENTS COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE CONNECTIVITY DECENTRALIZATION DEMAND FOR ROAD TRANSPORT DIFFERENTIALS DISTRICT DISTRICT LEVEL DISTRICT-LEVEL DISTRICTS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS ELASTICITIES ELECTRICITY EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT ENTERPRISE SURVEYS EXPRESSWAYS FREIGHT FREIGHT MOVEMENT FUEL GENDER GROWTH POTENTIAL HIGHWAY HIGHWAY AUTHORITY HIGHWAY CONGESTION HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE HIGHWAY INVESTMENTS HIGHWAY NETWORK HIGHWAY NETWORKS HIGHWAY PROJECT HIGHWAY PROJECTS HIGHWAY SYSTEM HIGHWAY SYSTEMS HIGHWAYS IMPACT OF TRANSPORT IMPACTS OF TRANSPORTATION INCOME INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INNOVATION INSTITUTION INTERNATIONAL ROAD FEDERATION INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM INTERVENTIONS INVENTORY INVENTORY MANAGEMENT LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LANES LICENSE LOCALIZATION LONG-DISTANCE LONG-DISTANCE TRAFFIC MANUFACTURING MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY MOTOR VEHICLES MOVEMENT OF GOODS NATIONAL HIGHWAYS OPEN ACCESS PASSENGER TRAFFIC POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL PROCESS POPULATION DENSITY PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC INVESTMENT QUERY RADIO RAILROAD RAILROADS RENTS RESULT RESULTS ROAD ROAD CONGESTION ROAD NETWORK ROAD TRANSPORT ROADS ROUTE RURAL ROADS SATELLITE STATE HIGHWAYS SUBNATIONAL SUBURBS SUPPLIERS TELEVISION TIME PERIOD TOWN TOWNS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRAFFIC TRAFFIC VOLUME TRANSPORT TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT NETWORK TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS TRUE URBANIZATION USES WEB ZONING Ghani, Ejaz Goswami, Arti Grover Kerr, William R. Highway to Success in India : The Impact of the Golden Quadrilateral Project for the Location and Performance of Manufacturing |
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The infrastructure gap is one of the
most significant impediments to India realizing its growth
and poverty reduction potential. Although India s transport
network is one of the most extensive in the world,
accessibility and connectivity are limited. Only 20 percent
of the national highway network (which carries 40 percent of
traffic) is four-lane and one-fourth of the rural population
does not have access to an all-weather road. It is estimated
that the transport sector alone will require an investment
of nearly US$500 billion over the next 10 years. This paper
investigates the impact of the Golden Quadrilateral highway
project on the Indian organized manufacturing sector using
enterprise data. The Golden Quadrilateral project upgraded
the quality and width of 5,846 km of roads in India. The
analysis uses a difference-in-difference estimation strategy
to compare non-nodal districts based on their distance from
the highway system. It finds several positive effects for
non-nodal districts located 0-10 km from the Golden
Quadrilateral that are not present in districts 10-50 km
away, most notably higher entry rates and increases in plant
productivity. These results are not present for districts
located on another major highway system, the North-South
East-West corridor. Improvements for portions of the
North-South East-West corridor system were planned to occur
at the same time as the Golden Quadrilateral but were
subsequently delayed. Additional tests show that the Golden
Quadrilateral project s effect operates in part through a
stronger sorting of land-intensive industries from nodal
districts to non-nodal districts located on the Golden
Quadrilateral network. The Golden Quadrilateral upgrades
further helped spread economic activity to moderate-density
districts and intermediate size cities. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Ghani, Ejaz Goswami, Arti Grover Kerr, William R. |
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Ghani, Ejaz Goswami, Arti Grover Kerr, William R. |
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Ghani, Ejaz |
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Highway to Success in India : The Impact of the Golden Quadrilateral Project for the Location and Performance of Manufacturing |
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Highway to Success in India : The Impact of the Golden Quadrilateral Project for the Location and Performance of Manufacturing |
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Highway to Success in India : The Impact of the Golden Quadrilateral Project for the Location and Performance of Manufacturing |
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Highway to Success in India : The Impact of the Golden Quadrilateral Project for the Location and Performance of Manufacturing |
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Highway to Success in India : The Impact of the Golden Quadrilateral Project for the Location and Performance of Manufacturing |
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highway to success in india : the impact of the golden quadrilateral project for the location and performance of manufacturing |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17186947/highway-success-india-impact-golden-quadrilateral-project-location-performance-manufacturing http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12170 |
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okr-10986-121702021-04-23T14:03:06Z Highway to Success in India : The Impact of the Golden Quadrilateral Project for the Location and Performance of Manufacturing Ghani, Ejaz Goswami, Arti Grover Kerr, William R. ACCESS ROADS ACCESSIBILITY ACCOUNTING ADMINISTRATIVE SUBDIVISIONS AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY BRIDGE BUSINESS LEADERS COASTAL PROVINCES COEFFICIENTS COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE CONNECTIVITY DECENTRALIZATION DEMAND FOR ROAD TRANSPORT DIFFERENTIALS DISTRICT DISTRICT LEVEL DISTRICT-LEVEL DISTRICTS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS ELASTICITIES ELECTRICITY EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT ENTERPRISE SURVEYS EXPRESSWAYS FREIGHT FREIGHT MOVEMENT FUEL GENDER GROWTH POTENTIAL HIGHWAY HIGHWAY AUTHORITY HIGHWAY CONGESTION HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE HIGHWAY INVESTMENTS HIGHWAY NETWORK HIGHWAY NETWORKS HIGHWAY PROJECT HIGHWAY PROJECTS HIGHWAY SYSTEM HIGHWAY SYSTEMS HIGHWAYS IMPACT OF TRANSPORT IMPACTS OF TRANSPORTATION INCOME INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INNOVATION INSTITUTION INTERNATIONAL ROAD FEDERATION INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM INTERVENTIONS INVENTORY INVENTORY MANAGEMENT LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LANES LICENSE LOCALIZATION LONG-DISTANCE LONG-DISTANCE TRAFFIC MANUFACTURING MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY MOTOR VEHICLES MOVEMENT OF GOODS NATIONAL HIGHWAYS OPEN ACCESS PASSENGER TRAFFIC POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL PROCESS POPULATION DENSITY PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC INVESTMENT QUERY RADIO RAILROAD RAILROADS RENTS RESULT RESULTS ROAD ROAD CONGESTION ROAD NETWORK ROAD TRANSPORT ROADS ROUTE RURAL ROADS SATELLITE STATE HIGHWAYS SUBNATIONAL SUBURBS SUPPLIERS TELEVISION TIME PERIOD TOWN TOWNS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRAFFIC TRAFFIC VOLUME TRANSPORT TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT NETWORK TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS TRUE URBANIZATION USES WEB ZONING The infrastructure gap is one of the most significant impediments to India realizing its growth and poverty reduction potential. Although India s transport network is one of the most extensive in the world, accessibility and connectivity are limited. Only 20 percent of the national highway network (which carries 40 percent of traffic) is four-lane and one-fourth of the rural population does not have access to an all-weather road. It is estimated that the transport sector alone will require an investment of nearly US$500 billion over the next 10 years. This paper investigates the impact of the Golden Quadrilateral highway project on the Indian organized manufacturing sector using enterprise data. The Golden Quadrilateral project upgraded the quality and width of 5,846 km of roads in India. The analysis uses a difference-in-difference estimation strategy to compare non-nodal districts based on their distance from the highway system. It finds several positive effects for non-nodal districts located 0-10 km from the Golden Quadrilateral that are not present in districts 10-50 km away, most notably higher entry rates and increases in plant productivity. These results are not present for districts located on another major highway system, the North-South East-West corridor. Improvements for portions of the North-South East-West corridor system were planned to occur at the same time as the Golden Quadrilateral but were subsequently delayed. Additional tests show that the Golden Quadrilateral project s effect operates in part through a stronger sorting of land-intensive industries from nodal districts to non-nodal districts located on the Golden Quadrilateral network. The Golden Quadrilateral upgrades further helped spread economic activity to moderate-density districts and intermediate size cities. 2013-01-28T19:30:02Z 2013-01-28T19:30:02Z 2013-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17186947/highway-success-india-impact-golden-quadrilateral-project-location-performance-manufacturing http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12170 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper; No. 6320 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia India |