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Heterogeneous Impacts of Main and Feeder Road Improvements : Evidence from Ethiopia / Iimi, Atsushi.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Iimi, Atsushi.
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agricultural Production.
- Agriculture.
- Climate Change and Agriculture.
- Crops and Crop Management Systems.
- Food Security.
- Inequality.
- Job Creation.
- Pest Management.
- Poverty Reduction.
- Rural Access.
- Transport.
- Transport Services.
- Local Subjects:
- Agricultural Production.
- Agriculture.
- Climate Change and Agriculture.
- Crops and Crop Management Systems.
- Food Security.
- Inequality.
- Job Creation.
- Pest Management.
- Poverty Reduction.
- Rural Access.
- Transport.
- Transport Services.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (36 pages)
- Other Title:
- Heterogeneous Impacts of Main and Feeder Road Improvements
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2018.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Rural access is among the most important infrastructure constraints in rural Africa. Using the results from comprehensive household surveys and other data from Ethiopia, the paper recasts light on the heterogeneous impacts of road accessibility on agriculture and nonagricultural growth. It is found that crop production is increased by major and feeder road improvements. Significant synergy is also found. When investigating further into this effect, there are two impacts: farmers' access to the input market, especially fertilizer, was improved mainly by major corridor improvement. And output market access was improved by feeder road improvement. In addition, the household's nonagricultural income is somehow increased by improved road connectivity. There must be secondary effects. The transport demand function estimated with additional data indicates that as the road network improves, people's mobility increases. Furthermore, local business employment is found to increase with road improvements. To meet the increasing demand for mobility, efficiency and frequency of transport services are important.
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