Rural Transport : Improving its Contribution to Growth and Poverty Reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa

Poverty reduction is a long-standing development objective of many developing countries and their aid donors, including the World Bank. To achieve this goal, these countries and organizations have sought to improve smallholder agricultural producti...

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Main Authors:	Banjo, George, Gordon, Henry, Riverson, John
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS ROADS ACCESSIBILITY AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL FRONTIER AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AID DONORS BETTER ACCESS TO MARKETS CAPACITY BUILDING CASH CROPS CLIMATE CHANGE COMMERCIAL CROPS CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING COSTS OF TRANSPORT DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY DIVERSIFICATION DRIVING DROUGHT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FARM GROWTH FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARM INCOME FARM INCOMES FARM PRODUCTION FARM PRODUCTIVITY FARM SECTOR FARMER FARMERS FARMING SYSTEMS FOOD CROPS FOOD IMPORTS FOOD INSECURITY FOOD MARKETS FOOD POLICY FOOD PRICE FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY HIGH TRANSPORT HIGHWAYS HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD TRAVEL HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPACT OF TRANSPORT IMPACT ON POVERTY INCOME FROM EDUCATION INCOME GROWTH INCOME POVERTY INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES INEQUALITY INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING INSURANCE INVESTMENT IN ROADS IRRIGATION LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT LOCAL TRANSPORT MEANS OF TRANSPORT MOBILITY NATIONAL POVERTY NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT NONFARM INCOME NUTRITION O&M POLITICAL INFLUENCE POOR COUNTRIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POPULATION DENSITIES POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY FOCUS POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY POVERTY POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION EFFORTS POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPERS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PROGRAMS PUBLIC SAFETY PUBLIC SAFETY NETS PUBLIC WORKS REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS RESETTLEMENT RISK MANAGEMENT ROAD ROAD IMPROVEMENTS ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD NETWORK ROAD SECTOR ROAD TRANSPORT ROADS ROUTES RURAL RURAL ACCESS RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL COMMUNITY RURAL CONCERNS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL DISPARITIES RURAL DWELLERS RURAL ECONOMY RURAL FARM RURAL GROWTH RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL INCOME RURAL INCOMES RURAL INEQUALITIES RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE PORTFOLIO RURAL INSTITUTIONS RURAL INVESTMENT RURAL ISSUES RURAL LABOR RURAL LABOR MARKET RURAL LIVELIHOODS RURAL PEOPLE RURAL POOR RURAL POVERTY RURAL POVERTY REDUCTION RURAL PROJECTS RURAL PUBLIC RURAL ROAD RURAL ROADS RURAL SECTOR RURAL SERVICE RURAL SERVICE DELIVERY RURAL SETTINGS RURAL STRATEGY RURAL TRANSPORT RURAL TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES RURAL TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL TRAVEL SAFETY SANITATION SMALL FARMERS SMALL-SCALE AGRICULTURE SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE SMALLHOLDER FARMERS SMALLHOLDER FARMS SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SPATIAL CONSIDERATIONS STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT SUBSISTENCE SUBSISTENCE FARMERS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRAFFIC TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES TRANSPORT ACTIVITY TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT DEMAND TRANSPORT IMPROVEMENT TRANSPORT IMPROVEMENTS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT INVESTMENTS TRANSPORT NETWORK TRANSPORT PLANNING TRANSPORT POLICIES TRANSPORT POLICY TRANSPORT POLICY DEVELOPMENT TRANSPORT PROJECTS TRANSPORT RESEARCH TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICE TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORT STRATEGIES TRANSPORT STRATEGY TRANSPORT SYSTEM TRANSPORT SYSTEM EFFICIENCY TRANSPORT SYSTEMS TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING TRANSPORTS TRAVEL DEMAND TRAVELERS VEHICLES
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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17807

Rural Transport : Improving its Contribution to Growth and Poverty Reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa

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