Roads and Rural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

This paper assesses the relation between access to markets and cultivated land in Sub-Saharan Africa. Making use of a geo-referenced panel over three decades (1970-2005) during which the road network was significantly improved, the analysis finds a...

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Main Authors:	Berg, Claudia N., Blankespoor, Brian, Selod, Harris
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS DEFICIT HOLDING POPULATION DISTRIBUTION LOCAL POPULATION CHECKS ACCOUNTING URBANIZATION ROAD IMPROVEMENTS INTEREST CROPLAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN POPULATION GROWTH RATES EXCHANGE PROPERTY RIGHTS DOMESTIC MARKET ELASTICITY POLITICAL ECONOMY POLICY DISCUSSIONS PRICING ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE DUMMY VARIABLE MARKET ACCESS NUMBER OF PEOPLE CHANGE IN POPULATION TRANSACTION COST INTERNATIONAL BANK TRANSPORT INVESTMENT TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE ENABLING ENVIRONMENT SPEEDS POVERTY REDUCTION CONVERSION KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT TRANSPORT INVESTMENTS ROAD CROP PRODUCTION COSTS MARKET DEVELOPMENT ROAD NETWORK TRANSPORT LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES POPULATION GROWTH AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY POPULATION DIVISION INDUSTRIALIZATION MIGRATION MONETARY FUND ADOPTION MARKETS RETURN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS CULTURAL CHANGE PRODUCT TRAVEL TIMES RURAL ROADS POPULATION PANEL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT TRANSPORT INDUSTRY INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC INVESTMENT LAND USE RESPECT CITY POPULATION PROGRESS TRANSACTION GOOD FOOD SECURITY TRAVEL TRANSPORTATION MARKET POTENTIAL POLICIES ROAD CATEGORIES POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER VALUE POPULATION GROWTH RATES LOCAL MARKET RETURNS ACCESSIBILITY DEMAND RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL POVERTY POPULATION DENSITY URBAN AREAS GLOBAL POPULATION AGRICULTURE PROPERTY IMPROVED ACCESSIBILITY MARKET POPULATIONS ACCESS TO MARKETS HIGHWAYS AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES POLICY POPULATION GROWTH RATE ROADS EXTERNAL MARKET CD SOCIAL AFFAIRS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY GOODS SECURITY REGIONS LOCAL COMMUNITIES INVESTMENT SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION URBAN POPULATION GROWTH RURAL AREAS POVERTY RAILROADS SUBSISTENCE FARMING LANES POPULATION INVESTMENTS CHECK POLICY RESEARCH HEAVY RELIANCE ROAD INVESTMENT ROAD CONNECTIONS FERTILITY ROAD INFORMATION POPULATION DATA URBAN POPULATIONS TRANSPORT COSTS PUBLIC SPENDING EXTERNAL MARKETS TRAVEL TIME RURAL DEVELOPMENT URBAN POPULATION TRANSPORT POLICIES POPULATION INCREASES PRICES DEVELOPMENT POLICY
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spelling	okr-10986-246462021-04-23T14:04:23Z Roads and Rural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa Berg, Claudia N. Blankespoor, Brian Selod, Harris TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS DEFICIT HOLDING POPULATION DISTRIBUTION LOCAL POPULATION CHECKS ACCOUNTING URBANIZATION ROAD IMPROVEMENTS INTEREST CROPLAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN POPULATION GROWTH RATES EXCHANGE PROPERTY RIGHTS DOMESTIC MARKET ELASTICITY POLITICAL ECONOMY POLICY DISCUSSIONS PRICING ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE DUMMY VARIABLE MARKET ACCESS NUMBER OF PEOPLE CHANGE IN POPULATION TRANSACTION COST INTERNATIONAL BANK TRANSPORT INVESTMENT TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE ENABLING ENVIRONMENT SPEEDS POVERTY REDUCTION CONVERSION KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT TRANSPORT INVESTMENTS ROAD CROP PRODUCTION COSTS MARKET DEVELOPMENT ROAD NETWORK TRANSPORT LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES POPULATION GROWTH AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY POPULATION DIVISION INDUSTRIALIZATION MIGRATION MONETARY FUND ADOPTION MARKETS RETURN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS CULTURAL CHANGE PRODUCT TRAVEL TIMES RURAL ROADS POPULATION PANEL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT TRANSPORT INDUSTRY INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC INVESTMENT LAND USE RESPECT CITY POPULATION PROGRESS TRANSACTION GOOD FOOD SECURITY TRAVEL TRANSPORTATION MARKET POTENTIAL POLICIES ROAD CATEGORIES POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER VALUE POPULATION GROWTH RATES LOCAL MARKET RETURNS ACCESSIBILITY DEMAND RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL POVERTY POPULATION DENSITY URBAN AREAS GLOBAL POPULATION AGRICULTURE PROPERTY IMPROVED ACCESSIBILITY MARKET POPULATIONS ACCESS TO MARKETS HIGHWAYS AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES POLICY POPULATION GROWTH RATE ROADS EXTERNAL MARKET CD SOCIAL AFFAIRS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY GOODS SECURITY REGIONS LOCAL COMMUNITIES INVESTMENT SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION URBAN POPULATION GROWTH RURAL AREAS POVERTY RAILROADS SUBSISTENCE FARMING LANES POPULATION INVESTMENTS CHECK POLICY RESEARCH HEAVY RELIANCE ROAD INVESTMENT ROAD CONNECTIONS FERTILITY ROAD INFORMATION POPULATION DATA URBAN POPULATIONS TRANSPORT COSTS PUBLIC SPENDING EXTERNAL MARKETS TRAVEL TIME RURAL DEVELOPMENT URBAN POPULATION TRANSPORT POLICIES POPULATION INCREASES PRICES DEVELOPMENT POLICY This paper assesses the relation between access to markets and cultivated land in Sub-Saharan Africa. Making use of a geo-referenced panel over three decades (1970-2005) during which the road network was significantly improved, the analysis finds a modest but significant positive association between increased market accessibility and local cropland expansion. It also finds that cropland expansion, in turn, is associated with a small but significant increase in local gross domestic product. These results are suggestive of agricultural activities that develop at the extensive margin, which are mostly to serve local demand, but are not indicative of commercial agriculture that serves external markets. 2016-07-07T21:53:38Z 2016-07-07T21:53:38Z 2016-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/06/26527840/roads-rural-development-sub-saharan-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24646 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7729 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Sub-Saharan Africa
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topic	TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS DEFICIT HOLDING POPULATION DISTRIBUTION LOCAL POPULATION CHECKS ACCOUNTING URBANIZATION ROAD IMPROVEMENTS INTEREST CROPLAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN POPULATION GROWTH RATES EXCHANGE PROPERTY RIGHTS DOMESTIC MARKET ELASTICITY POLITICAL ECONOMY POLICY DISCUSSIONS PRICING ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE DUMMY VARIABLE MARKET ACCESS NUMBER OF PEOPLE CHANGE IN POPULATION TRANSACTION COST INTERNATIONAL BANK TRANSPORT INVESTMENT TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE ENABLING ENVIRONMENT SPEEDS POVERTY REDUCTION CONVERSION KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT TRANSPORT INVESTMENTS ROAD CROP PRODUCTION COSTS MARKET DEVELOPMENT ROAD NETWORK TRANSPORT LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES POPULATION GROWTH AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY POPULATION DIVISION INDUSTRIALIZATION MIGRATION MONETARY FUND ADOPTION MARKETS RETURN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS CULTURAL CHANGE PRODUCT TRAVEL TIMES RURAL ROADS POPULATION PANEL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT TRANSPORT INDUSTRY INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC INVESTMENT LAND USE RESPECT CITY POPULATION PROGRESS TRANSACTION GOOD FOOD SECURITY TRAVEL TRANSPORTATION MARKET POTENTIAL POLICIES ROAD CATEGORIES POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER VALUE POPULATION GROWTH RATES LOCAL MARKET RETURNS ACCESSIBILITY DEMAND RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL POVERTY POPULATION DENSITY URBAN AREAS GLOBAL POPULATION AGRICULTURE PROPERTY IMPROVED ACCESSIBILITY MARKET POPULATIONS ACCESS TO MARKETS HIGHWAYS AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES POLICY POPULATION GROWTH RATE ROADS EXTERNAL MARKET CD SOCIAL AFFAIRS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY GOODS SECURITY REGIONS LOCAL COMMUNITIES INVESTMENT SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION URBAN POPULATION GROWTH RURAL AREAS POVERTY RAILROADS SUBSISTENCE FARMING LANES POPULATION INVESTMENTS CHECK POLICY RESEARCH HEAVY RELIANCE ROAD INVESTMENT ROAD CONNECTIONS FERTILITY ROAD INFORMATION POPULATION DATA URBAN POPULATIONS TRANSPORT COSTS PUBLIC SPENDING EXTERNAL MARKETS TRAVEL TIME RURAL DEVELOPMENT URBAN POPULATION TRANSPORT POLICIES POPULATION INCREASES PRICES DEVELOPMENT POLICY
spellingShingle	TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS DEFICIT HOLDING POPULATION DISTRIBUTION LOCAL POPULATION CHECKS ACCOUNTING URBANIZATION ROAD IMPROVEMENTS INTEREST CROPLAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN POPULATION GROWTH RATES EXCHANGE PROPERTY RIGHTS DOMESTIC MARKET ELASTICITY POLITICAL ECONOMY POLICY DISCUSSIONS PRICING ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE DUMMY VARIABLE MARKET ACCESS NUMBER OF PEOPLE CHANGE IN POPULATION TRANSACTION COST INTERNATIONAL BANK TRANSPORT INVESTMENT TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE ENABLING ENVIRONMENT SPEEDS POVERTY REDUCTION CONVERSION KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT TRANSPORT INVESTMENTS ROAD CROP PRODUCTION COSTS MARKET DEVELOPMENT ROAD NETWORK TRANSPORT LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES POPULATION GROWTH AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY POPULATION DIVISION INDUSTRIALIZATION MIGRATION MONETARY FUND ADOPTION MARKETS RETURN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS CULTURAL CHANGE PRODUCT TRAVEL TIMES RURAL ROADS POPULATION PANEL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT TRANSPORT INDUSTRY INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC INVESTMENT LAND USE RESPECT CITY POPULATION PROGRESS TRANSACTION GOOD FOOD SECURITY TRAVEL TRANSPORTATION MARKET POTENTIAL POLICIES ROAD CATEGORIES POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER VALUE POPULATION GROWTH RATES LOCAL MARKET RETURNS ACCESSIBILITY DEMAND RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL POVERTY POPULATION DENSITY URBAN AREAS GLOBAL POPULATION AGRICULTURE PROPERTY IMPROVED ACCESSIBILITY MARKET POPULATIONS ACCESS TO MARKETS HIGHWAYS AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES POLICY POPULATION GROWTH RATE ROADS EXTERNAL MARKET CD SOCIAL AFFAIRS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY GOODS SECURITY REGIONS LOCAL COMMUNITIES INVESTMENT SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION URBAN POPULATION GROWTH RURAL AREAS POVERTY RAILROADS SUBSISTENCE FARMING LANES POPULATION INVESTMENTS CHECK POLICY RESEARCH HEAVY RELIANCE ROAD INVESTMENT ROAD CONNECTIONS FERTILITY ROAD INFORMATION POPULATION DATA URBAN POPULATIONS TRANSPORT COSTS PUBLIC SPENDING EXTERNAL MARKETS TRAVEL TIME RURAL DEVELOPMENT URBAN POPULATION TRANSPORT POLICIES POPULATION INCREASES PRICES DEVELOPMENT POLICY Berg, Claudia N. Blankespoor, Brian Selod, Harris Roads and Rural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
geographic_facet	Africa Sub-Saharan Africa
relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7729
description	This paper assesses the relation between access to markets and cultivated land in Sub-Saharan Africa. Making use of a geo-referenced panel over three decades (1970-2005) during which the road network was significantly improved, the analysis finds a modest but significant positive association between increased market accessibility and local cropland expansion. It also finds that cropland expansion, in turn, is associated with a small but significant increase in local gross domestic product. These results are suggestive of agricultural activities that develop at the extensive margin, which are mostly to serve local demand, but are not indicative of commercial agriculture that serves external markets.
format	Working Paper
author	Berg, Claudia N. Blankespoor, Brian Selod, Harris
author_facet	Berg, Claudia N. Blankespoor, Brian Selod, Harris
author_sort	Berg, Claudia N.
title	Roads and Rural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_short	Roads and Rural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full	Roads and Rural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_fullStr	Roads and Rural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full_unstemmed	Roads and Rural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_sort	roads and rural development in sub-saharan africa
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2016
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/06/26527840/roads-rural-development-sub-saharan-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24646
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Roads and Rural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

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