Roads and Rural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

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
Online Access: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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