Bakht, ZaidKhandker, Shahidur R.Koolwal, Gayatri B.2012-06-182012-06-182006-04https://hdl.handle.net/10986/8333The rationale for public investment in rural roads is that households can better exploit agricultural and nonagricultural opportunities to use labor and capital more efficiently. But significant knowledge gaps remain as to how opportunities provided by roads actually filter back into household outcomes and their distributional consequences. This paper examines the impacts of rural road projects using household-level panel data from Bangladesh. Rural road investments are found to reduce poverty significantly through higher agricultural production, higher wages, lower input and transportation costs, and higher output prices. Rural roads also lead to higher girls' and boys' schooling. Road investments are pro-poor, meaning the gains are proportionately higher for the poor than for the non-poor.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO MARKETSACCIDENT RISKAGRICULTURAL COMMODITIESAGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENTAGRICULTURAL OUTPUTAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYAGRICULTURAL WAGEAGRICULTURAL WAGESAGRICULTUREBASE YEARBENCHMARKBETTER ROADSBETTER TRANSPORTBRIDGESCAPITAL INVESTMENTCONSUMER PRICE INDEXCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURECONSUMPTION PER CAPITACOST-BENEFIT ANALYSISCROP PRODUCTIONCULVERTSDEMAND FOR TRANSPORTDISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITSDISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTSDIVERSIFICATIONDRAINAGEECONOMIC RESEARCHELASTICITIESELASTICITYEMPLOYMENTEQUITY VALUEEXPECTED VALUESEXTERNALITIESEXTREME POVERTYEXTREME POVERTY LINEFARM EMPLOYMENTFARM EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESFARM PRODUCTIONFARMERSFOOD EXPENDITUREHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSEHOLD TRANSPORTHOUSEHOLD TRANSPORT COSTSHOUSEHOLD WELFAREHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENTINCIDENCE OF POVERTYINCOMEINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINCOME GROUPSINCOME LEVELSINVESTMENT IN ROADSJETTIESLAND PRICESNUTRITIONPER CAPITA CONSUMPTIONPER CAPITA INCOMEPOVERTY IMPACTPOVERTY INCIDENCEPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY STATUSPRODUCTION INPUTSPRODUCTIVITYPRODUCTIVITY GROWTHREGRESSION ANALYSISREMOTE RURAL AREASREMOTE VILLAGESROADROAD CONDITIONSROAD DEVELOPMENTROAD EVALUATIONROAD IMPROVEMENTROAD IMPROVEMENTSROAD INVESTMENTROAD PROJECTSROAD USERSRURAL AREASRURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL ENTERPRISESRURAL GROWTHRURAL HOUSEHOLDRURAL HOUSEHOLDSRURAL INCOMERURAL ROADRURAL ROAD IMPROVEMENTSRURAL ROAD INVESTMENTRURAL ROAD INVESTMENTSRURAL ROAD PROJECTRURAL ROAD PROJECTSRURAL ROADSSCHOOL ATTENDANCESCHOOLINGSELF-EMPLOYMENTTRAFFICTRANSPORTTRANSPORT COSTTRANSPORT COST SAVINGSTRANSPORT COSTSTRANSPORT DEMANDTRANSPORT EXPENDITURETRANSPORT INVESTMENTSTRANSPORT QUALITYTRANSPORT SURVEYSTRANSPORTATIONTRANSPORTATION COSTTRANSPORTATION COST SAVINGSTRANSPORTATION COSTSTRAVEL TIMESTRIPTRIP FREQUENCYTRUEUNPAVED ROADVILLAGE LEVELWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-3875