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Choosing Rural Road Investments to Help Reduce Poverty

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dc.contributor.authorVan de Walle, Dominique
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-27T20:28:40Z
dc.date.available2014-08-27T20:28:40Z
dc.date.issued2000-10
dc.description.abstractThe author examines how rural road investment projects should be selected and appraised when the objective is poverty reduction. After critically reviewing past and current practices, the author develops an operational approach grounded in a public economics framework in which concerns of equity and efficiency are inseparable, information is incomplete in important ways, and resources are limited. She addresses a key problem: that an important share of the benefits to the poor from rural roads cannot be measured in monetary terms. The selction formula she proposes aims to identify places where poverty and economic potential are high and access is low. She illustrates the method using data for and project experience in Vietnam. Among the advantages of proceeding as outlined in her proposal: This approach holds the hope of building capacity and is participatory; it extracts local information that may not be readily available to the central government; and it appears to be feasible because it relies on local authorities participating in the appraisal of subprojects.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/10/693023/choosing-rural-road-investments-help-reduce-poverty
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2458
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/19782
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 2458
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectBASIC ACCESS
dc.subjectBENCHMARK
dc.subjectBENEFIT ANALYSIS
dc.subjectCONSUMER SURPLUS
dc.subjectCOST SAVINGS
dc.subjectDAILY TRAFFIC
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
dc.subjectECONOMIC ANALYSIS
dc.subjectECONOMIC CONDITIONS
dc.subjectECONOMIC EFFICIENCY
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC IMPACT
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectECONOMISTS
dc.subjectEFFECTIVE USE
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectEXPENDITURES
dc.subjectFORECASTS
dc.subjectFRAMEWORK
dc.subjectFREIGHT TRANSPORT
dc.subjectGIRLS
dc.subjectHEALTH POLICY
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINCOME GROUPS
dc.subjectINCOMPLETE MARKETS
dc.subjectINFANT MORTALITY
dc.subjectINPUT
dc.subjectINSURANCE
dc.subjectINTERNAL RATE OF RETURN
dc.subjectINTERVENTION
dc.subjectJOURNEY
dc.subjectJOURNEY TIME
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectLOCAL AUTHORITIES
dc.subjectMALNUTRITION
dc.subjectMARGINAL BENEFITS
dc.subjectMIGRATION
dc.subjectMORTALITY
dc.subjectNET BENEFITS
dc.subjectOPPORTUNITY COST
dc.subjectPASSENGER
dc.subjectPEDESTRIANS
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOVERTY ALLEVIATION
dc.subjectPRICES
dc.subjectPRODUCTION INCREASES
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectRATE OF RETURN
dc.subjectRESEARCH PROJECTS
dc.subjectROAD CHARACTERISTICS
dc.subjectROAD DENSITY
dc.subjectROAD INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectROAD INVESTMENT
dc.subjectROAD INVESTMENTS
dc.subjectROAD REHABILITATION
dc.subjectRURAL ROADS
dc.subjectRURAL TRANSPORT
dc.subjectSAVINGS
dc.subjectSCHOOLS
dc.subjectSELECTION BIAS
dc.subjectSOCIAL WELFARE
dc.subjectTERRAIN
dc.subjectTRADEOFFS
dc.subjectTRAFFIC
dc.subjectTRAFFIC DENSITY
dc.subjectTRAFFIC VOLUME
dc.subjectTRANSITION ECONOMIES
dc.subjectTRANSPORT
dc.subjectTRANSPORT PROJECTS
dc.subjectTRAVEL TIME
dc.subjectURBAN ROADS
dc.subjectVALUATION
dc.subjectVEHICLES
dc.subjectWELFARE FUNCTION
dc.subjectWELFARE GAINS
dc.subjectWILLINGNESS TO PAY
dc.titleChoosing Rural Road Investments to Help Reduce Povertyen
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okr.crossref.titleChoosing Rural Road Investments to Help Reduce Poverty
okr.date.disclosure2000-10-31
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T09:13:46.932569Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/10/693023/choosing-rural-road-investments-help-reduce-poverty
okr.globalpracticeTransport and ICT
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
okr.guid103921468739559248
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2458
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000094946_0010200530446
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum693023
okr.identifier.reportWPS2458
okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2000/11/04/000094946_0010200530446/Rendered/PDF/multi_page.pdfen
okr.sectorRural Roads
okr.sectorTransportation
okr.topicEconomic Theory and Research
okr.topicHealth Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topicPublic Sector Development::Decentralization
okr.topicEnvironmental Economics and Policies
okr.topicHealth Economics and Finance
okr.topicRoads and Highways
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Public Health Promotion
okr.topicTransport
okr.unitPublic Economics, Development Research Group
okr.volume1
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