Road Network Upgrading and Overland Trade Expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa

Road Network Upgrading and Overland Trade Expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa

Recent research suggests that poor economic integration and isolation from regional and international markets have contributed significantly to poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. Poor transport infrastructure and border restrictions are major deterrents to trade expansion which would stimulate economic...

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Main Authors: Buys, Piet, Deichmann, Uwe, Wheeler, David
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
Subjects:
National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: Infrastructures
Other Public Investment and Capital Stock H540
Measurement and Analysis of Poverty I320
Economic Development: Human Resources
Human Development
Income Distribution
Migration O150
Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses
Transportation O180
Measurement of Economic Growth
Aggregate Productivity
Cross-Country Output Convergence O470
Transportation Systems: Government and Private Investment Analysis
Road Maintenance, Transportation Planning R420
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5479

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