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How does India’s rural roads program affect the grassroots? : findings from a survey in upland Orissa

This paper analyzes the effects of all weather rural roads on households’ net output prices, education, and health in a poor region of India. Cross-section and before-and-after comparisons yield these findings: (1) net output prices were 5% or more higher; (2) fewer days of schooling were lost due t...

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Publié dans:Land economics 90(2014), 2, Seite 372-394
Auteurs principaux: Bell, Clive (Auteur, VerfasserIn)
Dillen, Susanne van (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online Resource Article
Langue:English
Publié: 2014
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Erscheint auch als: How does India's rural roads program affect the grassroots?
Notes sur l'auteur:Clive Bell, and Susanne van Dillen
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Résumé:This paper analyzes the effects of all weather rural roads on households’ net output prices, education, and health in a poor region of India. Cross-section and before-and-after comparisons yield these findings: (1) net output prices were 5% or more higher; (2) fewer days of schooling were lost due to bad weather, largely because teachers had fewer absences; (3) the acutely sick received timelier treatment and more frequently in a hospital than the nearest primary clinic; and (4) respondents ranked the resulting benefits in the domains of health and education at least as highly as the “commercial” ones. (JEL O12, O18)
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ISSN:1543-8325