Rural Roads, Poverty, and Resilience : Evidence from Ethiopia

This study analyses the linkage between the recent rural road development and household welfare, resilience, and economic conditions in Ethiopia. The empirical approach relies on a difference-in-differences matching method, taking advantage of a nationally representative household survey and an orig...

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Main Authors:	Nakamura, Shohei, Bundervoet, Tom, Nuru, Mohammed
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2021
Subjects:	RURAL POVERTY RURAL ROAD AGRICULTURE WEATHER SHOCK DROUGHT RESILIENCE
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35279

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spelling	okr-10986-352792021-04-23T14:02:19Z Rural Roads, Poverty, and Resilience : Evidence from Ethiopia Nakamura, Shohei Bundervoet, Tom Nuru, Mohammed RURAL POVERTY RURAL ROAD AGRICULTURE WEATHER SHOCK DROUGHT RESILIENCE This study analyses the linkage between the recent rural road development and household welfare, resilience, and economic conditions in Ethiopia. The empirical approach relies on a difference-in-differences matching method, taking advantage of a nationally representative household survey and an original road database, both of which are panel data spanning the period 2012–2016. The results of the econometric analysis suggest that Ethiopia’s rural road development was associated with a significant increase in household welfare or significant smaller losses in household consumption during the severe droughts. In addition, rural roads in very remote areas were associated with farmers’ sales of a larger share of their harvests and higher chance of fertiliser use. Rural road development was also associated with a higher likelihood of earning income from wage employment, particularly for women and youth. Taken together, the results suggest that, by connecting remote communities to markets and the main road network, rural roads have substantially supported the welfare and resilience of rural households in shock-prone Ethiopia. 2021-03-17T17:06:27Z 2021-03-17T17:06:27Z 2020-10 Journal Article The Journal of Development Studies 0022-0388 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35279 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) Ethiopia
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topic	RURAL POVERTY RURAL ROAD AGRICULTURE WEATHER SHOCK DROUGHT RESILIENCE
spellingShingle	RURAL POVERTY RURAL ROAD AGRICULTURE WEATHER SHOCK DROUGHT RESILIENCE Nakamura, Shohei Bundervoet, Tom Nuru, Mohammed Rural Roads, Poverty, and Resilience : Evidence from Ethiopia
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description	This study analyses the linkage between the recent rural road development and household welfare, resilience, and economic conditions in Ethiopia. The empirical approach relies on a difference-in-differences matching method, taking advantage of a nationally representative household survey and an original road database, both of which are panel data spanning the period 2012–2016. The results of the econometric analysis suggest that Ethiopia’s rural road development was associated with a significant increase in household welfare or significant smaller losses in household consumption during the severe droughts. In addition, rural roads in very remote areas were associated with farmers’ sales of a larger share of their harvests and higher chance of fertiliser use. Rural road development was also associated with a higher likelihood of earning income from wage employment, particularly for women and youth. Taken together, the results suggest that, by connecting remote communities to markets and the main road network, rural roads have substantially supported the welfare and resilience of rural households in shock-prone Ethiopia.
format	Journal Article
author	Nakamura, Shohei Bundervoet, Tom Nuru, Mohammed
author_facet	Nakamura, Shohei Bundervoet, Tom Nuru, Mohammed
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title	Rural Roads, Poverty, and Resilience : Evidence from Ethiopia
title_short	Rural Roads, Poverty, and Resilience : Evidence from Ethiopia
title_full	Rural Roads, Poverty, and Resilience : Evidence from Ethiopia
title_fullStr	Rural Roads, Poverty, and Resilience : Evidence from Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed	Rural Roads, Poverty, and Resilience : Evidence from Ethiopia
title_sort	rural roads, poverty, and resilience : evidence from ethiopia
publisher	Taylor and Francis
publishDate	2021
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Rural Roads, Poverty, and Resilience : Evidence from Ethiopia

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