Roads and Rural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

This paper assesses the relationship between access to markets and land cultivation in sub-Saharan Africa. Using a geo-referenced panel over four decades (1970–2010) during which the road network was significantly improved, we find a modest impact of improved market accessibility on local cropland e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Berg, Claudia N., Blankespoor, Brian, Selod, Harris
Format: Journal Article
Published: Taylor and Francis 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29662