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Better Roads, Better Off? Evidence on Upgrading Roads in Tanzania

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creativework.datePublishedPublished: 17 April 2024
creativeworkseries.issn1564-698X
dc.contributor.authorDumas, Christelle
dc.contributor.authorJátiva, Ximena
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-12T14:48:08Z
dc.date.available2025-02-12T14:48:08Z
dc.date.issued2025-02-12
dc.description.abstractSpatial isolation is considered to be one of the main determinants of poverty. Therefore, many transport investments are undertaken with the stated objective of poverty reduction. This paper evaluates the effect of a Tanzanian program that rehabilitated 2,500 km of major roads on rural livelihoods. The analysis uses a large set of variables describing household behavior to provide a complete picture of the adjustments. The identification combines a household fixed effects strategy with propensity score matching. Some damaging effects of the program are found on the rural population in the two years following the intervention: the price of rice decreases; households reallocate labor away from agriculture and provide more wage work, but the increase in wage income does not compensate for the loss in agricultural income. Nor do households seem to be benefiting from the fall in the price of rice at the consumption level. These results are consistent with rural households facing increased competition due to reduced transportation costs.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099541202052535419/IDU1480bfe3e13b3f14f271898215ed46d973281
dc.identifier.citationThe World Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/wber/lhae017
dc.identifier.issn0258-6770
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/42799
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherPublished by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectROADS
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.subjectRURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectAFRICA
dc.titleBetter Roads, Better Off? Evidence on Upgrading Roads in Tanzaniaen
dc.typeJournal Article
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okr.associatedcontenthttps://academic.oup.com/wber/article/39/1/104/7647241 Journal website (version of record)
okr.date.disclosure2025-02-12
okr.date.lastmodified2025-02-12T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypeJournal Article
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099541202052535419/IDU1480bfe3e13b3f14f271898215ed46d973281
okr.guid099541202052535419
okr.identifier.docmidIDU-480bfe3e-3b3f-4f27-8982-5ed46d973281
okr.identifier.doi10.1093/wber/lhae017
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34453043
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34453043
okr.identifier.report197038
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okr.language.supporteden
okr.pagenumber104–123
okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099541202052535419/pdf/IDU1480bfe3e13b3f14f271898215ed46d973281.pdfen
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.administrativeAfrica Eastern and Southern (AFE)
okr.region.countryTanzania
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topicRural Development::Rural Roads & Transport
okr.unitPeople - Gender Director (HGNDR)
okr.volume39(1)
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