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Heterogeneous impacts of main and feeder road improvements : evidence from Ethiopia

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  • Iimi,Atsushi
  • Mengesha,Haileyesus Adamtei
  • Markland,James
  • Asrat ,Yetmgeta
  • Kassahun,Kefargachew

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Rural access is among the most important infrastructure constraints in rural Africa. Using the results from comprehensive household surveys and other data from Ethiopia, the paper recasts light on the heterogeneous impacts of road accessibility on agriculture and nonagricultural growth. It is found that crop production is increased by major and feeder road improvements. Significant synergy is also found. When investigating further into this effect, there are two impacts: farmers'access to the input market, especially fertilizer, was improved mainly by major corridor improvement. And output market access was improved by feeder road improvement. In addition, the household's nonagricultural income is somehow increased by improved road connectivity. There must be secondary effects. The transport demand function estimated with additional data indicates that as the road network improves, people's mobility increases. Furthermore, local business employment is found to increase with road improvements. To meet the increasing demand for mobility, efficiency and frequency of transport services are important.

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  • Iimi,Atsushi & Mengesha,Haileyesus Adamtei & Markland,James & Asrat ,Yetmgeta & Kassahun,Kefargachew, 2018. "Heterogeneous impacts of main and feeder road improvements : evidence from Ethiopia," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8548, The World Bank.
    • Handle: RePEc:wbk:wbrwps:8548
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    1. Ricardo Hausmann & Tim O'Brien & Timothy Cheston & Ibrahim Worku Hassen & Can Soylu & Kishan Shah & Nikita Taniparti & Pankhuri Prasad & Pablo Andrés Neumeyer, 2022. "Development in a Complex World: The Case of Ethiopia," Growth Lab Working Papers 202, Harvard's Growth Lab.
    2. Noah Kaiser & Christina K. Barstow, 2022. "Rural Transportation Infrastructure in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Review of Impacts, Implications, and Interventions," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(4), pages 1-48, February.

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