Highways to success or byways to waste : estimating the economic benefits of roads in Africa (English)

This study develops and tests new approaches to the planning of infrastructure to maximize benefits and minimize negative externalities, particularly in rural areas. It explores several questions related to the impacts of infrastructure on welfare and poverty that are especially relevant for Sub-Saharan Africa. Reducing poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa - currently the poorest region in the world despite its widely acknowledged enormous potential for...

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Ali,Rubaba;

Barra,Alvaro Federico;

Berg,Claudia N.;

Damania,Richard;

Nash,John D.;

Russ,Jason Daniel;
Document Date
2015/09/30
Document Type
Publication
Report Number
99897
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Africa,
Region
Africa,
Disclosure Date
2015/10/06
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Highways to success or byways to waste : estimating the economic benefits of roads in Africa
Keywords
Demographic and Health Survey

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Ali,Rubaba; Barra,Alvaro Federico; Berg,Claudia N.; Damania,Richard; Nash,John D.; Russ,Jason Daniel.

Highways to success or byways to waste : estimating the economic benefits of roads in Africa (English). Africa development forum Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/216721467998200108

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