Publication: Roads Improvement for Poverty Alleviation in China
dc.contributor.author | Hajj, Hatim | |
dc.contributor.author | Pendakur, V. Setty | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-03-26T17:20:05Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-03-26T17:20:05Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2000-05 | |
dc.description.abstract | In China, rural road improvements have been integrated with major highway projects, implemented with World Bank assistance, during 1995-98. These improvements were called, "Roads Improvement for Poverty Alleviation (RIPA)," and were linked to on-going poverty alleviation programs. These Bank assisted projects are in five provinces of China: Gansu, Henan, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, and Shaanxi. RIPA concentrates on linking those rural villages and townships which do not currently have basic all weather access to the existing road networks of a higher order. This report focuses, from a conceptual analytical, and methodological viewpoint upon the RIPA experience in the above-mentioned Bank-assisted projects in China. It also describes the background to poverty alleviation programs and the linkages to roads improvement in China. It reviews current practices and recommends appropriate design standards, and a framework of monitoring indicators. This report focuses on those road systems which provide easy access to the rural population in designated poor counties in China. The primary objectives are to provide a conceptual framework for RIPA, describe Chinese poverty alleviation policies linked to roads improvement, and discuss the potential for replicating RIPA in other countries. Other aims are to develop screening and an analytical framework for appraising road systems, and appropriately design and monitor different classes of RIPA roads. | en |
dc.identifier | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/05/729177/roads-improvement-poverty-alleviation-china | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1596/17402 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17402 | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | World Bank, Washington, DC | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | East Asia Region Transport Sector (EASTR) working paper;no. 1 | |
dc.rights | CC BY 3.0 IGO | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ | |
dc.subject | ABSOLUTE POVERTY | |
dc.subject | ACCESS ROADS | |
dc.subject | ACCESSIBILITY | |
dc.subject | ADB | |
dc.subject | AGRICULTURE | |
dc.subject | ALL WEATHER ROADS | |
dc.subject | BASIC ACCESS | |
dc.subject | BENEFIT ANALYSIS | |
dc.subject | BORROWING COUNTRIES | |
dc.subject | CAPITAL FORMATION | |
dc.subject | COMPARATIVE COSTS | |
dc.subject | CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK | |
dc.subject | COST EFFECTIVENESS | |
dc.subject | COST SAVINGS | |
dc.subject | DEPRIVATION TRAP | |
dc.subject | DEVELOPING COUNTRIES | |
dc.subject | DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS | |
dc.subject | DRAINAGE | |
dc.subject | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | |
dc.subject | ECONOMIC GROWTH | |
dc.subject | ECONOMIES OF SCALE | |
dc.subject | EMPLOYMENT | |
dc.subject | EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES | |
dc.subject | FRAMEWORK | |
dc.subject | HEALTH CARE | |
dc.subject | HIGHWAY PROJECTS | |
dc.subject | HIGHWAYS | |
dc.subject | HUMAN CAPITAL | |
dc.subject | HUMAN DEVELOPMENT | |
dc.subject | IMPROVED ACCESS | |
dc.subject | INCOME | |
dc.subject | INCREASED ACCESS | |
dc.subject | LONG TERM | |
dc.subject | MOBILITY | |
dc.subject | MODES OF TRANSPORT | |
dc.subject | MOTOR VEHICLES | |
dc.subject | MOTORIZED TRANSPORT | |
dc.subject | NMT | |
dc.subject | PASSENGER | |
dc.subject | PASSENGER CAR UNIT | |
dc.subject | PEDESTRIANS | |
dc.subject | POOR AREAS | |
dc.subject | POOR COMMUNITIES | |
dc.subject | POVERTY ALLEVIATION | |
dc.subject | POVERTY ALLEVIATION POLICIES | |
dc.subject | POVERTY LINES | |
dc.subject | POVERTY REDUCTION | |
dc.subject | PROCESS OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT | |
dc.subject | PRODUCTION COSTS | |
dc.subject | PRODUCTIVITY | |
dc.subject | RESOURCE ALLOCATION | |
dc.subject | RIGHTS OF WAY | |
dc.subject | ROAD CLASSIFICATION | |
dc.subject | ROAD CONSTRUCTION | |
dc.subject | ROAD IMPROVEMENTS | |
dc.subject | ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE | |
dc.subject | ROAD NETWORKS | |
dc.subject | ROAD SURFACE | |
dc.subject | ROAD SYSTEMS | |
dc.subject | ROADS | |
dc.subject | RURAL AREAS | |
dc.subject | RURAL COMMUNITIES | |
dc.subject | RURAL DEVELOPMENT | |
dc.subject | RURAL PEOPLE | |
dc.subject | RURAL POOR | |
dc.subject | RURAL POPULATION | |
dc.subject | RURAL ROADS | |
dc.subject | RURAL TRANSPORT | |
dc.subject | SAFETY | |
dc.subject | SHARING | |
dc.subject | SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT | |
dc.subject | SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE | |
dc.subject | SOCIAL SERVICES | |
dc.subject | STANDARDS OF LIVING | |
dc.subject | SURFACING | |
dc.subject | TERRAIN | |
dc.subject | TRAFFIC | |
dc.subject | TRAFFIC PATTERNS | |
dc.subject | TRAFFIC VOLUME | |
dc.subject | TRAFFIC VOLUMES | |
dc.subject | TRANSPORT | |
dc.subject | TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE | |
dc.subject | TRANSPORTATION | |
dc.subject | TRAVEL TIMES | |
dc.subject | TRIPS | |
dc.subject | URBAN POOR | |
dc.subject | VEHICLE OPERATING COSTS | |
dc.subject | WAGES | |
dc.subject | WILLINGNESS TO PAY ROADS ECONOMIC ASPECTS | |
dc.subject | ROADSIDE IMPROVEMENT | |
dc.subject | RURAL ROADS | |
dc.subject | POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES | |
dc.subject | ROAD CONSTRUCTION | |
dc.subject | SCREENING | |
dc.subject | ROAD SURFACES | |
dc.subject | ROAD PLANNING | |
dc.subject | MONITORING | |
dc.subject | ROAD TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS | |
dc.subject | ROAD MAINTENANCE | |
dc.subject | TRAFFIC VOLUME | |
dc.subject | COST EFFECTIVENESS | |
dc.subject | ACCESSIBLE SERVICES | |
dc.title | Roads Improvement for Poverty Alleviation in China | en |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
okr.date.disclosure | 2007-08-30 | |
okr.date.doiregistration | 2025-05-05T12:15:32.883857Z | |
okr.doctype | Publications & Research::Working Paper | |
okr.doctype | Publications & Research | |
okr.docurl | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/05/729177/roads-improvement-poverty-alleviation-china | |
okr.globalpractice | Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience | |
okr.globalpractice | Transport and ICT | |
okr.globalpractice | Poverty | |
okr.globalpractice | Environment and Natural Resources | |
okr.globalpractice | Finance and Markets | |
okr.guid | 305461468243240411 | |
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum | 000094946_00101305481415 | |
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum | 729177 | |
okr.identifier.report | 21038 | |
okr.language.supported | en | |
okr.pdfurl | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2000/10/27/000094946_00101305481415/Rendered/PDF/multi_page.pdf | en |
okr.region.administrative | East Asia and Pacific | |
okr.region.country | China | |
okr.sector | Rural Roads | |
okr.sector | Transportation | |
okr.topic | Roads and Highways | |
okr.topic | Poverty Reduction::Poverty Assessment | |
okr.topic | Banks and Banking Reform | |
okr.topic | Rural Development::Regional Rural Development | |
okr.topic | Environmental Economics and Policies | |
okr.topic | Finance and Financial Sector Development | |
okr.topic | Environment | |
okr.topic | Transport | |
okr.volume | 1 of 1 |
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