Damania, RichardBarra, Alvaro FedericoBurnouf, MathildeRuss, Jason Daniel2016-04-112016-04-112016-01-13https://hdl.handle.net/10986/24044The purpose of this study is to demonstrate several techniques which can be used to evaluate pathways to sustainable growth in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) via infrastructure improvement. Decades of conflict and neglect have left the DRC’s transport infrastructure amongst the sparsest and most dilapidated in the world.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOURBAN TRANSPORTTRANSPORTATION SYSTEMCOSTS OF TRAVELECONOMIC GROWTHPRICE OF FUELREDUCING EMISSIONSROAD IMPROVEMENTSCARBONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONTRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURETRANSPORTATION COSTSENVIRONMENTAL COSTSFINANCIAL RESOURCESTIMBEREMISSIONSELASTICITYECONOMETRIC ESTIMATESINFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTPOLITICAL ECONOMYREVENUESENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITSECONOMIC PROBLEMSJOURNEYECONOMIC EFFECTSDIMINISHING RETURNSINCENTIVESEQUILIBRIUMMODELSRAILWAY LINESTRAFFICROAD INFRASTRUCTUREIMPACT OF TRANSPORT COSTSROUTESSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTWEALTHAIRAGRICULTURAL OUTPUTTRANSPORT INVESTMENTTRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTUREECONOMIC ANALYSISBIOLOGICAL DIVERSITYINFRASTRUCTURE PLANNINGLOCAL TRANSPORTSPEEDSLOCAL TRANSPORTATIONROAD SYSTEMTRAVEL COSTSEMPIRICAL ANALYSISECONOMIC ACTIVITYNATIONAL RAILWAYEXPLOITATIONROADREGIONAL TRANSPORTARABLE LANDCOSTSAIR TRAVELTRANSPORTATION NETWORKTRADEOFFSROAD NETWORKNATURAL CAPITALTRANSPORTIMPACT OF TRANSPORTCOST ELASTICITIESFUEL USEMODE OF TRANSPORTDEMAND FOR TRANSPORTECONOMETRICSOPTIONSEXTERNALITIESLONGER DISTANCESTRUETRANSPORT PROJECTSTRANSPORT QUALITYROAD IMPROVEMENTTRAVEL TIMESNATURAL RESOURCESROUTEFUEL CONSUMPTIONMETALSROAD QUALITYEFFICIENCYFISHINGCARBON EMISSIONSINFRASTRUCTURELAND USERESOURCESINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTTRANSPORT NETWORKINITIATIVESDRIVINGECONOMIC IMPACTNATIONAL PARKSTRAVELTRANSPORTATIONWAGESENVIRONMENTAL POLICYPOLICIESENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTVALUESMODE OF TRANSPORTATIONMARKET PRICESECONOMIC VALUEPOLICY MAKERSTRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTELASTICITIESENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTSDEFORESTATIONLONGER DISTANCE TRANSPORTMINESSUSTAINABLE GROWTHENDANGERED SPECIESPOPULATION DENSITYLOGGINGDECISION MAKINGEFFICIENT TRAVELOPPORTUNITY COSTSENVIRONMENTROAD PROJECTSRAILWAYECOLOGICAL CONDITIONSPORT INFRASTRUCTUREECONOMICSROADSECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTHIGHWAYTRADERAILWAYSRAILROADLANDTRANSPORTATION COSTCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGEFARMSFUELECOLOGYLONGER DISTANCE TRAVELTRIPTRANSPORTATION NETWORKSEMPIRICAL EVIDENCETRANSPORT SYSTEMINLAND WATERWAY TRANSPORTINVESTMENTSROAD INVESTMENTROAD CONDITIONSTRANSPORT COSTSENVIRONMENTALCOST SAVINGSROAD TRANSPORTTRAVEL TIMEINLAND WATERWAYPASSENGER TRANSPORTCOST ANALYSISFREIGHTINFRASTRUCTURESPRICESROAD TRAFFICBOTTLENECKSReportWorld Bank10.1596/24044