Estimating the Impact of Rural Investments in Nepal

As a largely rural society, most people in Nepal still depend upon agriculture as their major livelihood strategy. Therefore, it is important to improve the allocation efficiency of limited public expenditures to promote agricultural growth and poverty reduction. However, evaluating the returns of p...

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Main Authors:	Dillon, Andrew, Sharma, Manohar, Zhang, Xiaobo
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380 Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180 Land Ownership and Tenure Land Reform Land Use Irrigation Agriculture and Environment Q150 Public Facility Location Analysis Public Investment and Capital Stock R530
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5652

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spelling	okr-10986-56522021-04-23T14:02:23Z Estimating the Impact of Rural Investments in Nepal Dillon, Andrew Sharma, Manohar Zhang, Xiaobo Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380 Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180 Land Ownership and Tenure Land Reform Land Use Irrigation Agriculture and Environment Q150 Public Facility Location Analysis Public Investment and Capital Stock R530 As a largely rural society, most people in Nepal still depend upon agriculture as their major livelihood strategy. Therefore, it is important to improve the allocation efficiency of limited public expenditures to promote agricultural growth and poverty reduction. However, evaluating the returns of public investment is limited by methodological challenges. We use hedonic and panel data methods to examine the returns to different types of rural public investments including roads, irrigation and extension advice. The use of diverse identification strategies reduces the risk of using a narrower set of results driven primarily by a particular methodology. We find that rural roads and irrigation are one of the most productive public expenditures according to the benefit-cost ratio calculations, though the magnitudes of these ratios depend on methodology. 2012-03-30T07:33:52Z 2012-03-30T07:33:52Z 2011 Journal Article Food Policy 03069192 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5652 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Nepal
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topic	Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380 Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180 Land Ownership and Tenure Land Reform Land Use Irrigation Agriculture and Environment Q150 Public Facility Location Analysis Public Investment and Capital Stock R530
spellingShingle	Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380 Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180 Land Ownership and Tenure Land Reform Land Use Irrigation Agriculture and Environment Q150 Public Facility Location Analysis Public Investment and Capital Stock R530 Dillon, Andrew Sharma, Manohar Zhang, Xiaobo Estimating the Impact of Rural Investments in Nepal
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description	As a largely rural society, most people in Nepal still depend upon agriculture as their major livelihood strategy. Therefore, it is important to improve the allocation efficiency of limited public expenditures to promote agricultural growth and poverty reduction. However, evaluating the returns of public investment is limited by methodological challenges. We use hedonic and panel data methods to examine the returns to different types of rural public investments including roads, irrigation and extension advice. The use of diverse identification strategies reduces the risk of using a narrower set of results driven primarily by a particular methodology. We find that rural roads and irrigation are one of the most productive public expenditures according to the benefit-cost ratio calculations, though the magnitudes of these ratios depend on methodology.
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author	Dillon, Andrew Sharma, Manohar Zhang, Xiaobo
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title	Estimating the Impact of Rural Investments in Nepal
title_short	Estimating the Impact of Rural Investments in Nepal
title_full	Estimating the Impact of Rural Investments in Nepal
title_fullStr	Estimating the Impact of Rural Investments in Nepal
title_full_unstemmed	Estimating the Impact of Rural Investments in Nepal
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Estimating the Impact of Rural Investments in Nepal

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