Mackie, PeterNellthorp, JohnLaird, James2012-08-132012-08-132005-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11805The objective of this note is to advise on an appropriate economic appraisal methodology that should be used for the assessment of Low Volume Rural Roads - that is roads upon which less than 200 motorized vehicles per day travel. Section 1 of this note sets out the reasons that Low Volume Rural Roads require a slightly different consideration from other transport projects. Section 2 discusses the approaches to economic evaluation that can be used for low volume rural roads, whilst Section 3 presents the manner that the consumer surplus method can be extended to account for the characteristics of low volume rural roads. Section 4 contains a summary of the main points of the note.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO MARKETSACCESSIBILITYACCIDENTSAGRICULTURAL PRODUCEAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYAGRICULTUREALL-SEASON ROAD ACCESSANALYSIS PERIODANIMAL TRANSPORTBASIC ACCESSCASH CROPSCONCRETECONSUMER SURPLUSCOST BENEFIT ANALYSISCOST EFFECTIVENESSDAILY TRAFFICDISCOUNT RATEECONOMIC EVALUATIONECONOMIC LIFEECONOMIC OBJECTIVESEROSIONFARM-GATEFEMALE LITERACYFOOD POLICYFOOT TRAFFICFRAMEWORKFREIGHTGENERATED TRAFFICGRAVELGRAVEL ROADGRAVEL SURFACEHAULAGEHAULAGE BY MULESHDM4HIGHWAYSHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHUMAN ENERGYINCIDENCE OF POVERTYINCOMEINCOME LEVELSIRRIGATIONJOURNEYLOADINGLOW VOLUME ROADSLOW VOLUME RURAL ROADMEANS OF TRANSPORTMODES OF TRANSPORTMOTORIZED TRANSPORTMULE TRANSPORTMULTI CRITERIA ANALYSISNMTPARTICIPATORY PROCESSESPASSENGERPATHPAVINGPEDESTRIANSPERSONAL MOBILITYPOORPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY LINEPRICE ELASTICITYPRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMANDRATE OF RETURNRMIROADROAD CONSTRUCTIONROAD IMPROVEMENTROAD IMPROVEMENTSROAD INVESTMENTROAD MANAGEMENTROAD NETWORKROAD ROUGHNESSROAD SAFETYROAD SURFACEROAD TRAFFICROAD USER COSTSROAD USERSROAD WORKSROUTESRURALRURAL ACCESSRURAL ACCESS PROJECTRURAL AREASRURAL COMMUNITIESRURAL INFRASTRUCTURERURAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTSRURAL MOBILITYRURAL POORRURAL ROADRURAL ROAD ACCESSRURAL ROAD ACCESS IMPROVEMENTSRURAL ROAD INVESTMENTSRURAL ROAD PROJECTSRURAL ROADSRURAL TRANSPORTRURAL TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURERURAL TRANSPORT SERVICESRURAL TRANSPORTATIONSAVINGSSECOND RURAL ROADSSENSITIVITY SCENARIOSSIDE EFFECTSSPEEDSUBSISTENCE CROPSSURFACE TREATMENTSURFACINGTERRAINTRAFFIC GROWTHTRAFFIC LEVELSTRANSPORTTRANSPORT COSTTRANSPORT COSTSTRANSPORT ECONOMICSTRANSPORT PROJECTSTRANSPORT SERVICESTRAVEL TIMESTRIPSTRUCKINGUNPAVED ROADSVALUE ADDEDVALUE OF TIMEVEHICLE OPERATINGVEHICLE OPERATING COSTSVEHICLESVILLAGE TRACKWALKINGWALKING SPEED PER HOURWEATHER ROAD ACCESSWorld Bank10.1596/11805