Estimating the social profitability of India's rural roads program : a bumpy ride (English)

India's rural roads program, Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, aims to draw villagers into the mainstream by improving not only their terms of trade, but also their educational attainments and health. Treating each all-weather feeder road as an isolated element within the larger network, and using shadow prices to value the main components of costs and benefits, the paper demonstrates that further investments in the program are, with high probability...

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Bell,Clive L.G.;
Document Date
2012/08/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
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WPS6168
Volume No
1
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1
Country
India,
Region
South Asia,
Disclosure Date
2012/08/01
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Disclosed
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Estimating the social profitability of India's rural roads program : a bumpy ride
Keywords
elasticity of substitution in consumption

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Bell,Clive L.G..

Estimating the social profitability of India's rural roads program : a bumpy ride (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 6168 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/352811468050051419

Estimating the social profitability of India's rural roads program : a bumpy ride (English)

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