Infrastructure Gap in South Asia : Inequality of Access to Infrastructure Services
The South Asia region is home to the largest pool of individuals living under the poverty line, coupled with a fast-growing population. The importance of access to basic infrastructure services on welfare and the quality of life is clear. Yet the S...
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ACCESS INDICATORS ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES ACCESS TO PRIMARY EDUCATION ACCESS TO SANITATION ACCESS TO SANITATION FACILITIES ACCESS TO SERVICES ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS AGGLOMERATION BENEFITS AIR AIR POLLUTION BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE CITIES CLEAN WATER COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CONFLICT CONGESTION DEVELOPING REGION DISTRIBUTION OF ACCESS DRAINAGE DRINKING WATER DRIVING ECONOMIC GROWTH ELASTICITY EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITIES EQUITABLE ACCESS EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES FAMILY MEMBERS FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FINANCE INFRASTRUCTURE FIREWOOD FOSSIL FUELS FREIGHT FREIGHT TRANSPORT FUEL FUELS HIGHER INEQUALITY HOUSEHOLD DISTRIBUTION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCIDENCE ANALYSIS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME POVERTY INCOME QUINTILE INCOME REDISTRIBUTION INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INFRASTRUCTURES LACK OF INFORMATION LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE LAGGING REGIONS MARKET FAILURES MOBILITY NEIGHBORHOOD OPIUM PETROLEUM GAS POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR COMMUNITIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR INDIVIDUALS POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY DATA POVERTY LEVEL POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY THRESHOLD QUALITY OF LIFE RAIL REGIONAL STUDY ROAD ROAD NETWORK ROADS RURAL RURAL AREA RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY SANITATION SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SPATIAL ANALYSIS SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION SPATIAL INEQUALITIES SPATIAL INEQUALITY SUBDIVISIONS TOLL TRANSPORT TRANSPORT ACCESS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT SERVICES TRUE URBAN AREAS URBAN ENVIRONMENTS URBAN POOR URBANIZATION VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT WASTE WATER SOURCES WATER SUPPLY WELFARE BENEFITS WELFARE IMPROVEMENTS |
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ACCESS INDICATORS ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES ACCESS TO PRIMARY EDUCATION ACCESS TO SANITATION ACCESS TO SANITATION FACILITIES ACCESS TO SERVICES ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS AGGLOMERATION BENEFITS AIR AIR POLLUTION BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE CITIES CLEAN WATER COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CONFLICT CONGESTION DEVELOPING REGION DISTRIBUTION OF ACCESS DRAINAGE DRINKING WATER DRIVING ECONOMIC GROWTH ELASTICITY EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITIES EQUITABLE ACCESS EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES FAMILY MEMBERS FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FINANCE INFRASTRUCTURE FIREWOOD FOSSIL FUELS FREIGHT FREIGHT TRANSPORT FUEL FUELS HIGHER INEQUALITY HOUSEHOLD DISTRIBUTION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCIDENCE ANALYSIS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME POVERTY INCOME QUINTILE INCOME REDISTRIBUTION INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INFRASTRUCTURES LACK OF INFORMATION LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE LAGGING REGIONS MARKET FAILURES MOBILITY NEIGHBORHOOD OPIUM PETROLEUM GAS POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR COMMUNITIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR INDIVIDUALS POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY DATA POVERTY LEVEL POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY THRESHOLD QUALITY OF LIFE RAIL REGIONAL STUDY ROAD ROAD NETWORK ROADS RURAL RURAL AREA RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY SANITATION SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SPATIAL ANALYSIS SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION SPATIAL INEQUALITIES SPATIAL INEQUALITY SUBDIVISIONS TOLL TRANSPORT TRANSPORT ACCESS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT SERVICES TRUE URBAN AREAS URBAN ENVIRONMENTS URBAN POOR URBANIZATION VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT WASTE WATER SOURCES WATER SUPPLY WELFARE BENEFITS WELFARE IMPROVEMENTS Biller, Dan Andres, Luis Herrera Dappe, Matias Infrastructure Gap in South Asia : Inequality of Access to Infrastructure Services |
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The South Asia region is home to the
largest pool of individuals living under the poverty line,
coupled with a fast-growing population. The importance of
access to basic infrastructure services on welfare and the
quality of life is clear. Yet the South Asia region's
rates of access to infrastructure (sanitation, electricity,
telecom, and transport) are closer to those of Sub-Saharan
Africa, the one exception being water, where the South Asia
region is comparable to East Asia and the pacific and Latin
America and the Caribbean. The challenge of increasing
access to these services across the South Asia region is
compounded by the unequal distribution of existing access
for households. This study improves understanding of this
inequality by evaluating access across the region's
physical (location), poverty, and income considerations. The
paper also analyzes inequality of access across time, that
is, across generations. It finds that while the regressivity
of infrastructure services is clearly present in South Asia,
the story that emerges is heterogeneous and complex. There
is no simple explanation for these inequalities, although
certainly geography matters, some household characteristics
matter (like living in a rural area with a head of household
who lacks education), and policy intent matters. If a poorer
country or a poorer state can have better access to a given
infrastructure service than in a richer country or a richer
state, then there is hope that policy makers can adopt
measures that will improve access in a manner in which
prosperity is more widely shared. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Biller, Dan Andres, Luis Herrera Dappe, Matias |
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Biller, Dan Andres, Luis Herrera Dappe, Matias |
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Biller, Dan |
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Infrastructure Gap in South Asia : Inequality of Access to Infrastructure Services |
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Infrastructure Gap in South Asia : Inequality of Access to Infrastructure Services |
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Infrastructure Gap in South Asia : Inequality of Access to Infrastructure Services |
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Infrastructure Gap in South Asia : Inequality of Access to Infrastructure Services |
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Infrastructure Gap in South Asia : Inequality of Access to Infrastructure Services |
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infrastructure gap in south asia : inequality of access to infrastructure services |
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World Bank Group, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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okr-10986-203442021-04-23T14:03:55Z Infrastructure Gap in South Asia : Inequality of Access to Infrastructure Services Biller, Dan Andres, Luis Herrera Dappe, Matias ACCESS INDICATORS ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES ACCESS TO PRIMARY EDUCATION ACCESS TO SANITATION ACCESS TO SANITATION FACILITIES ACCESS TO SERVICES ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS AGGLOMERATION BENEFITS AIR AIR POLLUTION BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE CITIES CLEAN WATER COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CONFLICT CONGESTION DEVELOPING REGION DISTRIBUTION OF ACCESS DRAINAGE DRINKING WATER DRIVING ECONOMIC GROWTH ELASTICITY EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITIES EQUITABLE ACCESS EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES FAMILY MEMBERS FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FINANCE INFRASTRUCTURE FIREWOOD FOSSIL FUELS FREIGHT FREIGHT TRANSPORT FUEL FUELS HIGHER INEQUALITY HOUSEHOLD DISTRIBUTION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCIDENCE ANALYSIS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME POVERTY INCOME QUINTILE INCOME REDISTRIBUTION INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INFRASTRUCTURES LACK OF INFORMATION LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE LAGGING REGIONS MARKET FAILURES MOBILITY NEIGHBORHOOD OPIUM PETROLEUM GAS POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR COMMUNITIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR INDIVIDUALS POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY DATA POVERTY LEVEL POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY THRESHOLD QUALITY OF LIFE RAIL REGIONAL STUDY ROAD ROAD NETWORK ROADS RURAL RURAL AREA RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY SANITATION SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SPATIAL ANALYSIS SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION SPATIAL INEQUALITIES SPATIAL INEQUALITY SUBDIVISIONS TOLL TRANSPORT TRANSPORT ACCESS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT SERVICES TRUE URBAN AREAS URBAN ENVIRONMENTS URBAN POOR URBANIZATION VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT WASTE WATER SOURCES WATER SUPPLY WELFARE BENEFITS WELFARE IMPROVEMENTS The South Asia region is home to the largest pool of individuals living under the poverty line, coupled with a fast-growing population. The importance of access to basic infrastructure services on welfare and the quality of life is clear. Yet the South Asia region's rates of access to infrastructure (sanitation, electricity, telecom, and transport) are closer to those of Sub-Saharan Africa, the one exception being water, where the South Asia region is comparable to East Asia and the pacific and Latin America and the Caribbean. The challenge of increasing access to these services across the South Asia region is compounded by the unequal distribution of existing access for households. This study improves understanding of this inequality by evaluating access across the region's physical (location), poverty, and income considerations. The paper also analyzes inequality of access across time, that is, across generations. It finds that while the regressivity of infrastructure services is clearly present in South Asia, the story that emerges is heterogeneous and complex. There is no simple explanation for these inequalities, although certainly geography matters, some household characteristics matter (like living in a rural area with a head of household who lacks education), and policy intent matters. If a poorer country or a poorer state can have better access to a given infrastructure service than in a richer country or a richer state, then there is hope that policy makers can adopt measures that will improve access in a manner in which prosperity is more widely shared. 2014-10-02T20:35:57Z 2014-10-02T20:35:57Z 2014-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/09/20210855/infrastructure-gap-south-asia-inequality-access-infrastructure-services http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20344 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7033 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Group, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia South Asia |