Rural Roads and Local Economic Development

Asher, Sam ; Novosad, Paul

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: TRANSPORT;    LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT;    RURAL ROADS;    NONFARM EMPLOYMENT;    FEEDER ROADS;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-8466
RP-ID  :  WPS8466

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Nearly one billion people worldwide livein rural areas without access to the paved road network.This paper measures the impacts of India's $40 billionnational rural road construction program using regressiondiscontinuity and data covering every individual and firm inrural India. The main effect of new feeder roads is to allowworkers to obtain nonfarm work. However, there are no majorchanges in consumption, assets or agricultural outcomes.Nonfarm employment in the village expands only slightly,suggesting the new work is found outside of the village.Even with better market connections, remote areas maycontinue to lack economic opportunities.