The Road to Opportunities in Rural India : The Economic and Social Impacts of PMGSY

This report presents the results of an impact evaluation of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) rural roads program in India. The program targeted the provision of all-weather roads to about 178,000 habitations across India. The impact eva...

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Main Authors:	Herrera Dappe, Matias, Alam, Muneeza Mehmood, Andres, Luis
Format:	Technical Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	RURAL ROADS CROP TRANSPORT AGRICULTURE EMPLOYMENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/099555012012152503/P1535360224abf0e409925072d177110d8a http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36626

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spelling	okr-10986-366262021-12-03T05:10:35Z The Road to Opportunities in Rural India : The Economic and Social Impacts of PMGSY Herrera Dappe, Matias Alam, Muneeza Mehmood Andres, Luis RURAL ROADS CROP TRANSPORT AGRICULTURE EMPLOYMENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT This report presents the results of an impact evaluation of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) rural roads program in India. The program targeted the provision of all-weather roads to about 178,000 habitations across India. The impact evaluation uses a difference-in-difference approach and panel data from the states of Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan collected in 2009 and 2017. The evaluation finds that PMGSY improved accessibility, particularly in hilly areas, increased access to economic opportunities, triggering a change in the structure of employment in rural India, and had a positive impact on human capital formation in rural India, with boys and girls benefiting equally. 2021-12-02T15:19:28Z 2021-12-02T15:19:28Z 2021-12-01 Technical Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/099555012012152503/P1535360224abf0e409925072d177110d8a http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36626 English Mobility and Transport Connectivity; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper South Asia India
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description	This report presents the results of an impact evaluation of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) rural roads program in India. The program targeted the provision of all-weather roads to about 178,000 habitations across India. The impact evaluation uses a difference-in-difference approach and panel data from the states of Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan collected in 2009 and 2017. The evaluation finds that PMGSY improved accessibility, particularly in hilly areas, increased access to economic opportunities, triggering a change in the structure of employment in rural India, and had a positive impact on human capital formation in rural India, with boys and girls benefiting equally.
format	Technical Paper
author	Herrera Dappe, Matias Alam, Muneeza Mehmood Andres, Luis
author_facet	Herrera Dappe, Matias Alam, Muneeza Mehmood Andres, Luis
author_sort	Herrera Dappe, Matias
title	The Road to Opportunities in Rural India : The Economic and Social Impacts of PMGSY
title_short	The Road to Opportunities in Rural India : The Economic and Social Impacts of PMGSY
title_full	The Road to Opportunities in Rural India : The Economic and Social Impacts of PMGSY
title_fullStr	The Road to Opportunities in Rural India : The Economic and Social Impacts of PMGSY
title_full_unstemmed	The Road to Opportunities in Rural India : The Economic and Social Impacts of PMGSY
title_sort	road to opportunities in rural india : the economic and social impacts of pmgsy
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2021
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The Road to Opportunities in Rural India : The Economic and Social Impacts of PMGSY

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