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The benefits of rural roads: enhancing income opportunities for the rural poor

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Escobal, Javier
Ponce, Carmen

Körperschaftlicher Herausgeber
GRADE Group for the Analysis of Development

Abstract

Most studies have measured the benefits of rehabilitated rural roads by focusing on reductions in monetary or time costs needed to access product and factor markets or key public social services. This paper complements these studies by evaluating their impact on key welfare indicators such as income... mehr

Most studies have measured the benefits of rehabilitated rural roads by focusing on reductions in monetary or time costs needed to access product and factor markets or key public social services. This paper complements these studies by evaluating their impact on key welfare indicators such as income or consumption. Looking at rural households living in some of the poorest districts of Peru, this study compares (using propensity score matching techniques) households located near rehabilitated roads to suitable controls. Results show that rehabilitated road accessibility can be related to changes in income sources, as the rehabilitated road enhances non-agricultural income opportunities, especially from wage-employment sources. The study also finds that income expansion is not been matched by an equivalent consumption increase; apparently because the additional income is allocated to savings, through increments in livestock, most likely because road quality improvement is being perceived as transitory.... weniger

Thesaurusschlagwörter
Peru; ländlicher Raum; Infrastruktur; Privathaushalt; Haushaltseinkommen; Armut; Straßenbau; regionale Mobilität; Armutsbekämpfung; Beschäftigungseffekt; Entwicklungsland; Andenraum

Klassifikation
Entwicklungsländersoziologie, Entwicklungssoziologie

Sprache Dokument
Englisch

Publikationsjahr
2003

Erscheinungsort
Lima

Seitenangabe
52 S.

Schriftenreihe
Documento de Trabajo, 40-I

Status
Postprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht-kommerz.


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