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The Road to Opportunities in Rural India : The Economic and Social Impacts of PMGSY / Matias Herrera Dappe.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Herrera Dappe, Matias.
- Series:
- Mobility and Transport Connectivity.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agriculture.
- Educational Attainment.
- Employment.
- Rural Development.
- Rural Roads and Transport.
- Local Subjects:
- Agriculture.
- Educational Attainment.
- Employment.
- Rural Development.
- Rural Roads and Transport.
- Other Title:
- Road to Opportunities in Rural India
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2021.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- This report presents the results of an impact evaluation of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) rural roads program in India. The program targeted the provision of all-weather roads to about 178,000 habitations across India. The impact evaluation uses a difference-in-difference approach and panel data from the states of Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan collected in 2009 and 2017. The evaluation finds that PMGSY improved accessibility, particularly in hilly areas, increased access to economic opportunities, triggering a change in the structure of employment in rural India, and had a positive impact on human capital formation in rural India, with boys and girls benefiting equally.
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