New Rural Access Index : Main Determinants and Correlation to Poverty
Transport connectivity is essential to sustain inclusive growth in developing countries, where many rural populations and businesses are still considered to be unconnected to the domestic, regional, or global market. The Rural Access Index is among...
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okr-10986-256762021-06-10T09:02:07Z New Rural Access Index : Main Determinants and Correlation to Poverty Iimi, Atsushi Ahmed, Farhad Anderson, Edward Charles Diehl, Adam Stone Maiyo, Laban Peralta-Quiros, Tatiana Rao, Kulwinder Singh rural access transport connectivity poverty inclusive growth road network Transport connectivity is essential to sustain inclusive growth in developing countries, where many rural populations and businesses are still considered to be unconnected to the domestic, regional, or global market. The Rural Access Index is among the most important global indicators for measuring people’s transport accessibility in rural areas where the majority of the poor live. A new method to calculate the Rural Access Index was recently developed using spatial data and techniques. The characteristics of subnational Rural Access Index estimates were investigated in eight countries: Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nepal, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. It was found that for the countries in Africa, road density and road condition are important determinants of the Rural Access Index. For the South Asian countries, improvement of road condition is particularly relevant. The evidence suggests that significant resources are likely to be required to achieve universal access through rehabilitating the existing road network and expanding the road network. 2016-12-05T23:19:23Z 2016-12-05T23:19:23Z 2016-11 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/821621478094511356/New-rural-access-index-main-determinants-and-correlation-to-poverty http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25676 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7876 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa South Asia Bangladesh Ethiopia Kenya Mozambique Nepal Tanzania Uganda Zambia |
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Transport connectivity is essential to
sustain inclusive growth in developing countries, where many
rural populations and businesses are still considered to be
unconnected to the domestic, regional, or global market. The
Rural Access Index is among the most important global
indicators for measuring people’s transport accessibility in
rural areas where the majority of the poor live. A new
method to calculate the Rural Access Index was recently
developed using spatial data and techniques. The
characteristics of subnational Rural Access Index estimates
were investigated in eight countries: Bangladesh, Ethiopia,
Kenya, Mozambique, Nepal, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. It
was found that for the countries in Africa, road density and
road condition are important determinants of the Rural
Access Index. For the South Asian countries, improvement of
road condition is particularly relevant. The evidence
suggests that significant resources are likely to be
required to achieve universal access through rehabilitating
the existing road network and expanding the road network. |
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Working Paper |
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Iimi, Atsushi Ahmed, Farhad Anderson, Edward Charles Diehl, Adam Stone Maiyo, Laban Peralta-Quiros, Tatiana Rao, Kulwinder Singh |
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Iimi, Atsushi Ahmed, Farhad Anderson, Edward Charles Diehl, Adam Stone Maiyo, Laban Peralta-Quiros, Tatiana Rao, Kulwinder Singh |
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Iimi, Atsushi |
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New Rural Access Index : Main Determinants and Correlation to Poverty |
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New Rural Access Index : Main Determinants and Correlation to Poverty |
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New Rural Access Index : Main Determinants and Correlation to Poverty |
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New Rural Access Index : Main Determinants and Correlation to Poverty |
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New Rural Access Index : Main Determinants and Correlation to Poverty |
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new rural access index : main determinants and correlation to poverty |
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2016 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/821621478094511356/New-rural-access-index-main-determinants-and-correlation-to-poverty http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25676 |
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