Roads and rural development in Sub-Saharan Africa (English)

This paper assesses the relation between access to markets and cultivated land in Sub-Saharan Africa. Making use of a geo-referenced panel over three decades (1970-2005) during which the road network was significantly improved, the analysis finds a modest but significant positive association between increased market accessibility and local cropland expansion. It also finds that cropland expansion, in turn, is associated with a small but significant...

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Berg,Claudia N.;

Blankespoor,Brian;

Selod,Harris;
Document Date
2016/06/27
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS7729
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Africa,
Region
Africa,
Disclosure Date
2016/06/27
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Roads and rural development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Keywords
natural logarithm

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Berg,Claudia N.; Blankespoor,Brian; Selod,Harris.

Roads and rural development in Sub-Saharan Africa (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 7729 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/626761467034000984

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