The poverty impact of rural roads
Subtitle: evidence from Bangladesh
By: Zaid Bakht, Gayatri B. Koolwal, Shahidur R. Khandker
Contributors: Koolwal, Gayatri B.; World Bank
Series: Policy research working paper -- 3875; Policy research working papers (Online) -- 3875.
Publisher: World Bank
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Subjects: Rural roads; Finance; Domestic Economic assistance; Public investments
Description: "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. "--World Bank web site.
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