Mu, Renvan de Walle, Dominique2012-06-012012-06-012007-08https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6878The authors assess impacts of rural road rehabilitation on market development at the commune level in rural Vietnam and examine the variance of those impacts and the geographic, community, and household factors that explains it. Double difference and matching methods are used to address sources of selection bias in identifying impacts. The results point to significant average impacts on the development of local markets. They also uncover evidence of considerable impact heterogeneity, with a tendency for poorer communes to have higher impacts due to lower levels of initial market development. Yet, poor areas are also saddled with other attributes that reduce those impacts.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO MARKETSACCESSIBILITYAGGLOMERATION ECONOMIESAGRICULTURAL BANKAGRICULTUREAIRAVAILABILITY OF CREDITBANK BRANCHBIKE REPAIRBOTTLENECKSCDCOMMERCIAL BANKSCOMMUNESCOMMUNITIESCONSUMER GOODSCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURESCONSUMPTION LEVELSCOST OF TRANSPORTCREDIT AVAILABILITYDESCRIPTIONDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSDEVELOPMENT POLICYDEVELOPMENT PROJECTSDISTRICTSDUMMY VARIABLESECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GEOGRAPHYECONOMIC POLICIESECONOMIES OF SCALEEXPENDITURESEXTERNALITIESFINANCESFREIGHTGOVERNMENT SPENDINGHIGH TRANSPORTHOLDINGHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLDSHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTINCOME EFFECTINCREASING RETURNSINCREASING RETURNS TO SCALEINFRASTRUCTURE REHABILITATIONINSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTINTERNATIONAL BANKINTERVENTIONINTERVENTIONSLACK OF CREDITLAND USELENGTH OF ROADLIVING STANDARDSLOCAL ECONOMYLOCAL GOVERNMENTLOCAL MARKETLOCAL MARKETSMARKET DEVELOPMENTMARKET ECONOMYMARKET TOWNMARKETINGMARKETPLACEMOBILITYMODES OF TRANSPORTOCCUPATIONOCCUPATIONSPASSENGER TRANSPORTPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOPULATION DENSITIESPOPULATION DENSITYPOSITIVE EFFECTSPUBLIC INVESTMENTSRAILROADRAILWAYSRETAILRETURNSROADROAD CONDITIONSROAD IMPROVEMENTROAD IMPROVEMENTSROAD INFRASTRUCTUREROAD LINKSROAD PROJECTSRURAL AREARURAL AREASRURAL INFRASTRUCTURERURAL MARKETSRURAL ROADSRURAL TRANSFORMATIONRURAL TRANSPORTSAFETYSAFETY NETSSHOPSSMALL BUSINESSESSOCIAL STRUCTURESUBSTITUTESUBSTITUTESTRADINGTRANSPORTTRANSPORT COSTSTRANSPORT EQUIPMENTTRANSPORT IMPROVEMENTSTRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURETRANSPORTATIONTRANSPORTATION ACCESSIBILITYTRAVEL COSTSTRAVEL TIMETRUETRUST FUNDVEHICLEVILLAGESWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-4340