Spatial Analysis of Liberia’s Transport Connectivity and Potential Growth

Liberia has been influenced by the Ebola crisis since 2014, but the economy is now recovering quickly. Still, significant challenges lie ahead. Agriculture, an important sector that employs approximately half of the labor force, still has a weak growth trajectory. Many rural people are not well conn...

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Main Authors:	Iimi, Atsushi, Rao, Kulwinder
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2018
Subjects:	PPP PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS POVERTY INTERMODAL CONNECTIVITY ACCESS TO PORTS RURAL ACCESS FISHERY INDUSTRY AGGLOMERATION ACCESS TO HEALTH MARKET ACCESS SPATIAL ANALYSIS CONCESSION TRANSPORT LOGISTICS PORTS INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE
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spelling	okr-10986-298032021-04-23T14:04:54Z Spatial Analysis of Liberia’s Transport Connectivity and Potential Growth Iimi, Atsushi Rao, Kulwinder PPP PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS POVERTY INTERMODAL CONNECTIVITY ACCESS TO PORTS RURAL ACCESS FISHERY INDUSTRY AGGLOMERATION ACCESS TO HEALTH MARKET ACCESS SPATIAL ANALYSIS CONCESSION TRANSPORT LOGISTICS PORTS INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE Liberia has been influenced by the Ebola crisis since 2014, but the economy is now recovering quickly. Still, significant challenges lie ahead. Agriculture, an important sector that employs approximately half of the labor force, still has a weak growth trajectory. Many rural people are not well connected to markets and live below the poverty line. To use limited resources effectively, strategic planning and prioritization of public investment are essential. Particularly, the Ebola crisis revealed the vulnerability of the country's transport connectivity and health systems. This book analyzes the country's transport connectivity, identifying the existing bottlenecks and possible economic potentials. By taking advantage of the country's first-ever georeferenced road network data, the analysis casts light on various aspects of connectivity, such as rural accessibility, market access, access to port and health facilities and multimodal connectivity, including cabotage. It is shown that transport connectivity is crucial to increasing agricultural production, stimulating agglomeration economies, and supporting people's access to health care services. Significant resources are likely to be required to meet the existing gap. The book estimates the financial needs by development objective and discusses important policy issues, including the possibility of public-private partnerships to finance transport infrastructure. 2018-05-10T18:11:06Z 2018-05-10T18:11:06Z 2018-06-11 Book 978-1-4648-1286-6 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29803 English International Development in Focus; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Publication Africa Liberia
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topic	PPP PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS POVERTY INTERMODAL CONNECTIVITY ACCESS TO PORTS RURAL ACCESS FISHERY INDUSTRY AGGLOMERATION ACCESS TO HEALTH MARKET ACCESS SPATIAL ANALYSIS CONCESSION TRANSPORT LOGISTICS PORTS INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE
spellingShingle	PPP PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS POVERTY INTERMODAL CONNECTIVITY ACCESS TO PORTS RURAL ACCESS FISHERY INDUSTRY AGGLOMERATION ACCESS TO HEALTH MARKET ACCESS SPATIAL ANALYSIS CONCESSION TRANSPORT LOGISTICS PORTS INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE Iimi, Atsushi Rao, Kulwinder Spatial Analysis of Liberia’s Transport Connectivity and Potential Growth
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description	Liberia has been influenced by the Ebola crisis since 2014, but the economy is now recovering quickly. Still, significant challenges lie ahead. Agriculture, an important sector that employs approximately half of the labor force, still has a weak growth trajectory. Many rural people are not well connected to markets and live below the poverty line. To use limited resources effectively, strategic planning and prioritization of public investment are essential. Particularly, the Ebola crisis revealed the vulnerability of the country's transport connectivity and health systems. This book analyzes the country's transport connectivity, identifying the existing bottlenecks and possible economic potentials. By taking advantage of the country's first-ever georeferenced road network data, the analysis casts light on various aspects of connectivity, such as rural accessibility, market access, access to port and health facilities and multimodal connectivity, including cabotage. It is shown that transport connectivity is crucial to increasing agricultural production, stimulating agglomeration economies, and supporting people's access to health care services. Significant resources are likely to be required to meet the existing gap. The book estimates the financial needs by development objective and discusses important policy issues, including the possibility of public-private partnerships to finance transport infrastructure.
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author	Iimi, Atsushi Rao, Kulwinder
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title	Spatial Analysis of Liberia’s Transport Connectivity and Potential Growth
title_short	Spatial Analysis of Liberia’s Transport Connectivity and Potential Growth
title_full	Spatial Analysis of Liberia’s Transport Connectivity and Potential Growth
title_fullStr	Spatial Analysis of Liberia’s Transport Connectivity and Potential Growth
title_full_unstemmed	Spatial Analysis of Liberia’s Transport Connectivity and Potential Growth
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Spatial Analysis of Liberia’s Transport Connectivity and Potential Growth

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