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Rural Roads and Local Economic Development

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dc.contributor.authorAsher, Sam
dc.contributor.authorNovosad, Paul
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-18T21:50:52Z
dc.date.available2018-06-18T21:50:52Z
dc.date.issued2018-06
dc.description.abstractNearly one billion people worldwide live in rural areas without access to the paved road network. This paper measures the impacts of India's $40 billion national rural road construction program using regression discontinuity and data covering every individual and firm in rural India. The main effect of new feeder roads is to allow workers to obtain nonfarm work. However, there are no major changes in consumption, assets or agricultural outcomes. Nonfarm employment in the village expands only slightly, suggesting the new work is found outside of the village. Even with better market connections, remote areas may continue to lack economic opportunities.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/204301528246225577/Rural-roads-and-local-economic-development
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8466
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/29895
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8466
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectTRANSPORT
dc.subjectLOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectRURAL ROADS
dc.subjectNONFARM EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectFEEDER ROADS
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.titleRural Roads and Local Economic Developmenten
dc.typeWorking Paperen
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okr.crossref.titleRural Roads and Local Economic Development
okr.date.disclosure2018-06-05
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/204301528246225577/Rural-roads-and-local-economic-development
okr.guid204301528246225577
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8466
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-8466
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b085b7942d_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum29961501
okr.identifier.reportWPS8466
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/204301528246225577/pdf/WPS8466.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryIndia
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okr.statistics.dr204301528246225577
okr.statistics.drstats3757
okr.topicTransport::Roads & Highways
okr.topicTransport::Transport Economics Policy & Planning
okr.topicRural Development::Rural Labor Markets
okr.topicRural Development::Rural Roads & Transport
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group, Development Economics
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