The Impact of Ethiopia’s Road Investment Program on Economic Development and Land Use : Evidence from Satellite Data (English)

This paper studies the impacts of the large-scale Road Sector Development Program in Ethiopia between 1997 and 2016 on local economic activity and land cover (urbanization and cropland). It exploits spatial and temporal variation in road upgrades across Ethiopia, together with high-resolution panel data derived from satellite imagery. The findings show that road upgrades contributed to increases in local economic activity, as proxied by nighttime...

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Alder,Simon;

Croke,Kevin;

Duhaut,Alice;

Marty,Robert Andrew;

Vaisey,Ariana Brynn;
Document Date
2022/04/06
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS10000
Volume No
1
Country
Ethiopia,
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa,
Disclosure Date
2022/04/06
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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The Impact of Ethiopia’s Road Investment Program on Economic Development and Land Use : Evidence from Satellite Data

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Alder,Simon; Croke,Kevin; Duhaut,Alice; Marty,Robert Andrew; Vaisey,Ariana Brynn.

The Impact of Ethiopia’s Road Investment Program on Economic Development and Land Use : Evidence from Satellite Data (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 10000; Impact Evaluation series; RRR Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099332404062230683

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