Assessing Rural Accessibility and Rural Roads Investment Needs Using Open Source Data (English)

Rural accessibility is the only metric used in the Sustainable Development Goals to track progress toward better transport services in low- and middle-income countries. This paper estimates the rural accessibility index, defined as the proportion of the rural population who live within 2 kilometers of an all-season road, in 166 countries using open data. It then explores the cost of increasing the rural accessibility index in 19 countries, using an...

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Mikou,Mehdi;

Rozenberg,Julie;

Koks,Elco Eduard;

Fox,Charles James Edward;

Peralta Quiros,Tatiana;
Document Date
2019/02/19
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS8746
Volume No
1
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1
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World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2019/02/19
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Assessing Rural Accessibility and Rural Roads Investment Needs Using Open Source Data
Keywords
rural accessibility

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Mikou,Mehdi; Rozenberg,Julie; Koks,Elco Eduard; Fox,Charles James Edward; Peralta Quiros,Tatiana.

Assessing Rural Accessibility and Rural Roads Investment Needs Using Open Source Data (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8746 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/759461550242864626

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