The Poverty Impact of Rural Roads : Evidence from Bangladesh
The rationale for public investment in rural roads is that households can better exploit agricultural and nonagricultural opportunities to use labor and capital more efficiently. But significant knowledge gaps remain as to how opportunities provided by roads actually filter back into household outco...
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okr-10986-83332021-04-23T14:02:40Z The Poverty Impact of Rural Roads : Evidence from Bangladesh Khandker, Shahidur R. Bakht, Zaid Koolwal, Gayatri B. ACCESS TO MARKETS ACCIDENT RISK AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL WAGE AGRICULTURAL WAGES AGRICULTURE BASE YEAR BENCHMARK BETTER ROADS BETTER TRANSPORT BRIDGES CAPITAL INVESTMENT CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS CROP PRODUCTION CULVERTS DEMAND FOR TRANSPORT DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS DIVERSIFICATION DRAINAGE ECONOMIC RESEARCH ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY EMPLOYMENT EQUITY VALUE EXPECTED VALUES EXTERNALITIES EXTREME POVERTY EXTREME POVERTY LINE FARM EMPLOYMENT FARM EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FARM PRODUCTION FARMERS FOOD EXPENDITURE HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD TRANSPORT HOUSEHOLD TRANSPORT COSTS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROUPS INCOME LEVELS INVESTMENT IN ROADS JETTIES LAND PRICES NUTRITION PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA INCOME POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LINE POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY STATUS PRODUCTION INPUTS PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH REGRESSION ANALYSIS REMOTE RURAL AREAS REMOTE VILLAGES ROAD ROAD CONDITIONS ROAD DEVELOPMENT ROAD EVALUATION ROAD IMPROVEMENT ROAD IMPROVEMENTS ROAD INVESTMENT ROAD PROJECTS ROAD USERS RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL ENTERPRISES RURAL GROWTH RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL INCOME RURAL ROAD RURAL ROAD IMPROVEMENTS RURAL ROAD INVESTMENT RURAL ROAD INVESTMENTS RURAL ROAD PROJECT RURAL ROAD PROJECTS RURAL ROADS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOLING SELF-EMPLOYMENT TRAFFIC TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COST TRANSPORT COST SAVINGS TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT DEMAND TRANSPORT EXPENDITURE TRANSPORT INVESTMENTS TRANSPORT QUALITY TRANSPORT SURVEYS TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COST TRANSPORTATION COST SAVINGS TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRAVEL TIMES TRIP TRIP FREQUENCY TRUE UNPAVED ROAD VILLAGE LEVEL The rationale for public investment in rural roads is that households can better exploit agricultural and nonagricultural opportunities to use labor and capital more efficiently. But significant knowledge gaps remain as to how opportunities provided by roads actually filter back into household outcomes and their distributional consequences. This paper examines the impacts of rural road projects using household-level panel data from Bangladesh. Rural road investments are found to reduce poverty significantly through higher agricultural production, higher wages, lower input and transportation costs, and higher output prices. Rural roads also lead to higher girls' and boys' schooling. Road investments are pro-poor, meaning the gains are proportionately higher for the poor than for the non-poor. 2012-06-18T19:52:28Z 2012-06-18T19:52:28Z 2006-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/04/6691774/poverty-impact-rural-roads-evidence-bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8333 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3875 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia Bangladesh |
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ACCESS TO MARKETS ACCIDENT RISK AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL WAGE AGRICULTURAL WAGES AGRICULTURE BASE YEAR BENCHMARK BETTER ROADS BETTER TRANSPORT BRIDGES CAPITAL INVESTMENT CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS CROP PRODUCTION CULVERTS DEMAND FOR TRANSPORT DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS DIVERSIFICATION DRAINAGE ECONOMIC RESEARCH ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY EMPLOYMENT EQUITY VALUE EXPECTED VALUES EXTERNALITIES EXTREME POVERTY EXTREME POVERTY LINE FARM EMPLOYMENT FARM EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FARM PRODUCTION FARMERS FOOD EXPENDITURE HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD TRANSPORT HOUSEHOLD TRANSPORT COSTS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROUPS INCOME LEVELS INVESTMENT IN ROADS JETTIES LAND PRICES NUTRITION PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA INCOME POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LINE POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY STATUS PRODUCTION INPUTS PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH REGRESSION ANALYSIS REMOTE RURAL AREAS REMOTE VILLAGES ROAD ROAD CONDITIONS ROAD DEVELOPMENT ROAD EVALUATION ROAD IMPROVEMENT ROAD IMPROVEMENTS ROAD INVESTMENT ROAD PROJECTS ROAD USERS RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL ENTERPRISES RURAL GROWTH RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL INCOME RURAL ROAD RURAL ROAD IMPROVEMENTS RURAL ROAD INVESTMENT RURAL ROAD INVESTMENTS RURAL ROAD PROJECT RURAL ROAD PROJECTS RURAL ROADS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOLING SELF-EMPLOYMENT TRAFFIC TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COST TRANSPORT COST SAVINGS TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT DEMAND TRANSPORT EXPENDITURE TRANSPORT INVESTMENTS TRANSPORT QUALITY TRANSPORT SURVEYS TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COST TRANSPORTATION COST SAVINGS TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRAVEL TIMES TRIP TRIP FREQUENCY TRUE UNPAVED ROAD VILLAGE LEVEL |
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ACCESS TO MARKETS ACCIDENT RISK AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL WAGE AGRICULTURAL WAGES AGRICULTURE BASE YEAR BENCHMARK BETTER ROADS BETTER TRANSPORT BRIDGES CAPITAL INVESTMENT CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS CROP PRODUCTION CULVERTS DEMAND FOR TRANSPORT DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS DIVERSIFICATION DRAINAGE ECONOMIC RESEARCH ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY EMPLOYMENT EQUITY VALUE EXPECTED VALUES EXTERNALITIES EXTREME POVERTY EXTREME POVERTY LINE FARM EMPLOYMENT FARM EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FARM PRODUCTION FARMERS FOOD EXPENDITURE HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD TRANSPORT HOUSEHOLD TRANSPORT COSTS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROUPS INCOME LEVELS INVESTMENT IN ROADS JETTIES LAND PRICES NUTRITION PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA INCOME POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LINE POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY STATUS PRODUCTION INPUTS PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH REGRESSION ANALYSIS REMOTE RURAL AREAS REMOTE VILLAGES ROAD ROAD CONDITIONS ROAD DEVELOPMENT ROAD EVALUATION ROAD IMPROVEMENT ROAD IMPROVEMENTS ROAD INVESTMENT ROAD PROJECTS ROAD USERS RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL ENTERPRISES RURAL GROWTH RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL INCOME RURAL ROAD RURAL ROAD IMPROVEMENTS RURAL ROAD INVESTMENT RURAL ROAD INVESTMENTS RURAL ROAD PROJECT RURAL ROAD PROJECTS RURAL ROADS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOLING SELF-EMPLOYMENT TRAFFIC TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COST TRANSPORT COST SAVINGS TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT DEMAND TRANSPORT EXPENDITURE TRANSPORT INVESTMENTS TRANSPORT QUALITY TRANSPORT SURVEYS TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COST TRANSPORTATION COST SAVINGS TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRAVEL TIMES TRIP TRIP FREQUENCY TRUE UNPAVED ROAD VILLAGE LEVEL Khandker, Shahidur R. Bakht, Zaid Koolwal, Gayatri B. The Poverty Impact of Rural Roads : Evidence from Bangladesh |
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South Asia Bangladesh |
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Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3875 |
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The rationale for public investment in rural roads is that households can better exploit agricultural and nonagricultural opportunities to use labor and capital more efficiently. But significant knowledge gaps remain as to how opportunities provided by roads actually filter back into household outcomes and their distributional consequences. This paper examines the impacts of rural road projects using household-level panel data from Bangladesh. Rural road investments are found to reduce poverty significantly through higher agricultural production, higher wages, lower input and transportation costs, and higher output prices. Rural roads also lead to higher girls' and boys' schooling. Road investments are pro-poor, meaning the gains are proportionately higher for the poor than for the non-poor. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Khandker, Shahidur R. Bakht, Zaid Koolwal, Gayatri B. |
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Khandker, Shahidur R. Bakht, Zaid Koolwal, Gayatri B. |
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Khandker, Shahidur R. |
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The Poverty Impact of Rural Roads : Evidence from Bangladesh |
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The Poverty Impact of Rural Roads : Evidence from Bangladesh |
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The Poverty Impact of Rural Roads : Evidence from Bangladesh |
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The Poverty Impact of Rural Roads : Evidence from Bangladesh |
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The Poverty Impact of Rural Roads : Evidence from Bangladesh |
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poverty impact of rural roads : evidence from bangladesh |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/04/6691774/poverty-impact-rural-roads-evidence-bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8333 |
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