The Impact of Ethiopia’s Road Investment Program on Economic Development and Land Use : Evidence from Satellite Data

The Impact of Ethiopia’s Road Investment Program on Economic Development and Land Use : Evidence from Satellite Data

This paper studies the impacts of the large-scale Road Sector Development Program in Ethiopia between 1997 and 2016 on local economic activity and land cover (urbanization and cropland). It exploits spatial and temporal variation in road upgrades a...

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Main Authors: Alder, Simon, Croke, Kevin, Duhaut, Alice, Marty, Robert, Vaisey, Ariana
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2022
Subjects:
ECONOMIC IMPACT SATELLITE DATA
ROAD USE SATELLITE DATA
ROAD SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ROADS
LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
CROPLAND REDUCTION
INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING
LAND USE PLANNING
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099332404062230683/IDU073a7158605532046490b712098aed9008539
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37280

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099332404062230683/IDU073a7158605532046490b712098aed9008539
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37280

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