Choosing Rural Road Investments to Help Reduce Poverty
The author examines how rural road investment projects should be selected and appraised when the objective is poverty reduction. After critically reviewing past and current practices, the author develops an operational approach grounded in a public...
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okr-10986-197822021-04-23T14:03:44Z Choosing Rural Road Investments to Help Reduce Poverty Van de Walle, Dominique AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION BASIC ACCESS BENCHMARK BENEFIT ANALYSIS CONSUMER SURPLUS COST SAVINGS DAILY TRAFFIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPACT ECONOMICS ECONOMISTS EFFECTIVE USE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT EXPENDITURES FORECASTS FRAMEWORK FREIGHT TRANSPORT GIRLS HEALTH POLICY HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROUPS INCOMPLETE MARKETS INFANT MORTALITY INPUT INSURANCE INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN INTERVENTION JOURNEY JOURNEY TIME LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL AUTHORITIES MALNUTRITION MARGINAL BENEFITS MIGRATION MORTALITY NET BENEFITS OPPORTUNITY COST PASSENGER PEDESTRIANS POLICY RESEARCH POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRICES PRODUCTION INCREASES PRODUCTIVITY RATE OF RETURN RESEARCH PROJECTS ROAD CHARACTERISTICS ROAD DENSITY ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD INVESTMENT ROAD INVESTMENTS ROAD REHABILITATION RURAL ROADS RURAL TRANSPORT SAVINGS SCHOOLS SELECTION BIAS SOCIAL WELFARE TERRAIN TRADEOFFS TRAFFIC TRAFFIC DENSITY TRAFFIC VOLUME TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPORT TRANSPORT PROJECTS TRAVEL TIME URBAN ROADS VALUATION VEHICLES WELFARE FUNCTION WELFARE GAINS WILLINGNESS TO PAY The author examines how rural road investment projects should be selected and appraised when the objective is poverty reduction. After critically reviewing past and current practices, the author develops an operational approach grounded in a public economics framework in which concerns of equity and efficiency are inseparable, information is incomplete in important ways, and resources are limited. She addresses a key problem: that an important share of the benefits to the poor from rural roads cannot be measured in monetary terms. The selction formula she proposes aims to identify places where poverty and economic potential are high and access is low. She illustrates the method using data for and project experience in Vietnam. Among the advantages of proceeding as outlined in her proposal: This approach holds the hope of building capacity and is participatory; it extracts local information that may not be readily available to the central government; and it appears to be feasible because it relies on local authorities participating in the appraisal of subprojects. 2014-08-27T20:28:40Z 2014-08-27T20:28:40Z 2000-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/10/693023/choosing-rural-road-investments-help-reduce-poverty http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19782 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2458 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |
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AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION BASIC ACCESS BENCHMARK BENEFIT ANALYSIS CONSUMER SURPLUS COST SAVINGS DAILY TRAFFIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPACT ECONOMICS ECONOMISTS EFFECTIVE USE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT EXPENDITURES FORECASTS FRAMEWORK FREIGHT TRANSPORT GIRLS HEALTH POLICY HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROUPS INCOMPLETE MARKETS INFANT MORTALITY INPUT INSURANCE INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN INTERVENTION JOURNEY JOURNEY TIME LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL AUTHORITIES MALNUTRITION MARGINAL BENEFITS MIGRATION MORTALITY NET BENEFITS OPPORTUNITY COST PASSENGER PEDESTRIANS POLICY RESEARCH POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRICES PRODUCTION INCREASES PRODUCTIVITY RATE OF RETURN RESEARCH PROJECTS ROAD CHARACTERISTICS ROAD DENSITY ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD INVESTMENT ROAD INVESTMENTS ROAD REHABILITATION RURAL ROADS RURAL TRANSPORT SAVINGS SCHOOLS SELECTION BIAS SOCIAL WELFARE TERRAIN TRADEOFFS TRAFFIC TRAFFIC DENSITY TRAFFIC VOLUME TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPORT TRANSPORT PROJECTS TRAVEL TIME URBAN ROADS VALUATION VEHICLES WELFARE FUNCTION WELFARE GAINS WILLINGNESS TO PAY |
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AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION BASIC ACCESS BENCHMARK BENEFIT ANALYSIS CONSUMER SURPLUS COST SAVINGS DAILY TRAFFIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPACT ECONOMICS ECONOMISTS EFFECTIVE USE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT EXPENDITURES FORECASTS FRAMEWORK FREIGHT TRANSPORT GIRLS HEALTH POLICY HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROUPS INCOMPLETE MARKETS INFANT MORTALITY INPUT INSURANCE INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN INTERVENTION JOURNEY JOURNEY TIME LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL AUTHORITIES MALNUTRITION MARGINAL BENEFITS MIGRATION MORTALITY NET BENEFITS OPPORTUNITY COST PASSENGER PEDESTRIANS POLICY RESEARCH POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRICES PRODUCTION INCREASES PRODUCTIVITY RATE OF RETURN RESEARCH PROJECTS ROAD CHARACTERISTICS ROAD DENSITY ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD INVESTMENT ROAD INVESTMENTS ROAD REHABILITATION RURAL ROADS RURAL TRANSPORT SAVINGS SCHOOLS SELECTION BIAS SOCIAL WELFARE TERRAIN TRADEOFFS TRAFFIC TRAFFIC DENSITY TRAFFIC VOLUME TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPORT TRANSPORT PROJECTS TRAVEL TIME URBAN ROADS VALUATION VEHICLES WELFARE FUNCTION WELFARE GAINS WILLINGNESS TO PAY Van de Walle, Dominique Choosing Rural Road Investments to Help Reduce Poverty |
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The author examines how rural road
investment projects should be selected and appraised when
the objective is poverty reduction. After critically
reviewing past and current practices, the author develops an
operational approach grounded in a public economics
framework in which concerns of equity and efficiency are
inseparable, information is incomplete in important ways,
and resources are limited. She addresses a key problem: that
an important share of the benefits to the poor from rural
roads cannot be measured in monetary terms. The selction
formula she proposes aims to identify places where poverty
and economic potential are high and access is low. She
illustrates the method using data for and project experience
in Vietnam. Among the advantages of proceeding as outlined
in her proposal: This approach holds the hope of building
capacity and is participatory; it extracts local information
that may not be readily available to the central government;
and it appears to be feasible because it relies on local
authorities participating in the appraisal of subprojects. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
| author |
Van de Walle, Dominique |
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Van de Walle, Dominique |
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Van de Walle, Dominique |
| title |
Choosing Rural Road Investments to Help Reduce Poverty |
| title_short |
Choosing Rural Road Investments to Help Reduce Poverty |
| title_full |
Choosing Rural Road Investments to Help Reduce Poverty |
| title_fullStr |
Choosing Rural Road Investments to Help Reduce Poverty |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Choosing Rural Road Investments to Help Reduce Poverty |
| title_sort |
choosing rural road investments to help reduce poverty |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/10/693023/choosing-rural-road-investments-help-reduce-poverty http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19782 |
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