Choosing rural road investments to help reduce poverty.

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
1 January 2002
Country:
Vietnam
Document Type:
Research Paper
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Infrastructure
First published:
1 January 2002
Authors:
van de Walle, D.

Abstract

This paper critically reviews past and current practices in how rural road

investments are selected. An attempt is made to develop an operational approach that is grounded in a public economics framework in which efficiency and equity concerns are inseparable, information is incomplete in important ways, and resources are limited. A key problem addressed is

that a potentially important, though unknown, share of the bene铿乼s to the poor from rural roads cannot be measured in monetary terms. 皇冠体育app proposed method aims to identify places where poverty, inaccessibility and economic potential are high. 皇冠体育app method is illustrated for Vietnam.

Citation

World Development (2002) 30 (4), pp. 575-589. pp. 15

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