Low Volume Rural Roads

Mackie, Peter ; Nellthorp, John ; Laird, James

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ACCESS TO MARKETS;    ACCESSIBILITY;    ACCIDENTS;    AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE;    AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION;   

RP-ID  :  33941

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

The objective of this note is to adviseon an appropriate economic appraisal methodology that shouldbe used for the assessment of Low Volume Rural Roads - thatis roads upon which less than 200 motorized vehicles per daytravel. Section 1 of this note sets out the reasons that LowVolume Rural Roads require a slightly differentconsideration from other transport projects. Section 2discusses the approaches to economic evaluation that can beused for low volume rural roads, whilst Section 3 presentsthe manner that the consumer surplus method can be extendedto account for the characteristics of low volume ruralroads. Section 4 contains a summary of the main points ofthe note.