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How Does India's Rural Roads Program Affect the Grassroots? Findings from a Survey in Orissa

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dc.contributor.authorBell, Clive
dc.contributor.authorvan Dillen, Susanne
dc.date.accessioned2012-12-21T20:22:34Z
dc.date.available2012-12-21T20:22:34Z
dc.date.issued2012-08
dc.description.abstractThis paper analyzes the effects of all-weather rural roads on households' net output prices, education and health in a poor, drought-prone region of India. Of 30 villages originally surveyed in 2001-02, when two had such roads, a further nine received them between January 2007 and December 2009 under the program Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana. Cross-section comparisons involving all villages and 'before and after' comparisons in the nine yielded these findings: (i) net output prices were 5 per cent or more higher; (ii) substantially fewer days of schooling were lost due to bad weather, largely because teachers had fewer absences; (iii) the acutely sick received more timely treatment and were more likely to be treated in a hospital than in the nearest primary health clinic; and (iv) the respondents ranked the resulting benefits in the domains of health and education at least as highly as the 'commercial' ones.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/08/16599745/indias-rural-roads-program-affect-grassroots-findings-survey-orissa
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6167
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/12012
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;6167
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACCESS TO HEALTH
dc.subjectACCESS TO TREATMENT
dc.subjectACCIDENTS
dc.subjectAGED
dc.subjectANXIETY
dc.subjectAVERAGE SPEEDS
dc.subjectBIKES
dc.subjectBRAIN
dc.subjectBRIDGE
dc.subjectBUS
dc.subjectBUS STOP
dc.subjectCAUSES OF DEATH
dc.subjectCHILDBIRTH
dc.subjectCLINICS
dc.subjectCOLDS
dc.subjectCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES
dc.subjectCOMMUNITIES
dc.subjectCOST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS
dc.subjectDESCRIPTION
dc.subjectDIESEL
dc.subjectDIESEL FUEL
dc.subjectDISTRICTS
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectEQUALITY
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectFARMING FAMILIES
dc.subjectFEVER
dc.subjectFIELDWORK
dc.subjectFIXED COSTS
dc.subjectFOCUS GROUP
dc.subjectFOCUS GROUP INTERVIEWS
dc.subjectFOCUS GROUPS
dc.subjectHAZARD
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE
dc.subjectHIGH FEVER
dc.subjectHIGHWAY
dc.subjectHOSPITALS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectINCIDENCE OF DISEASE
dc.subjectINFLUENZA
dc.subjectINHABITANTS
dc.subjectINSPECTION
dc.subjectINTERMEDIARIES
dc.subjectJOURNEY
dc.subjectLAND USE
dc.subjectMALARIA
dc.subjectMARKETING
dc.subjectMEDICAL TREATMENT
dc.subjectMIGRATION
dc.subjectMODAL CHOICE
dc.subjectMODE OF TRANSPORT
dc.subjectMORBIDITY
dc.subjectMORBIDITY AND MORTALITY
dc.subjectMORTALITY
dc.subjectNATIONAL HIGHWAYS
dc.subjectOVERCROWDING
dc.subjectPATIENT
dc.subjectPOPULATION DENSITY
dc.subjectPREPARATION
dc.subjectRECONSTRUCTION
dc.subjectRENTS
dc.subjectROAD
dc.subjectROAD CONNECTIONS
dc.subjectROAD NETWORK
dc.subjectROUND TRIP
dc.subjectRURAL AREA
dc.subjectRURAL COMMUNITIES
dc.subjectRURAL ROADS
dc.subjectSECONDARY SCHOOLS
dc.subjectSETTLEMENT
dc.subjectSEX
dc.subjectSOCIAL NETWORK
dc.subjectSTD
dc.subjectTAXIS
dc.subjectTOLL
dc.subjectTOWNS
dc.subjectTRANSPORT
dc.subjectTRANSPORT COSTS
dc.subjectTRANSPORT INDUSTRY
dc.subjectTRANSPORTATION
dc.subjectTRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS
dc.subjectTRAVEL TIMES
dc.subjectTRIP
dc.subjectTRIPS
dc.subjectVEHICLE
dc.subjectVILLAGE
dc.subjectVILLAGES
dc.subjectWEALTH
dc.titleHow Does India's Rural Roads Program Affect the Grassroots? Findings from a Survey in Orissaen
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okr.crossref.titleHow Does India's Rural Roads Program Affect the Grassroots? Findings from a Survey in Orissa
okr.date.disclosure2012-08-01
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T10:18:47.969744Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/08/16599745/indias-rural-roads-program-affect-grassroots-findings-survey-orissa
okr.globalpracticeSocial, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpracticeTransport and ICT
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
okr.guid347871468041942630
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6167
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000158349_20120813153252
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum16599745
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okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryIndia
okr.topicSocial Development::Social Accountability
okr.topicHealth Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topicDisease Control and Prevention
okr.topicHousing and Human Habitats
okr.topicTransport Economics Policy and Planning
okr.topicCommunities and Human Settlements
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population
okr.topicTransport
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
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