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The Golden Quadrilateral Highway Project and Urban/Rural Manufacturing in India

This study investigates the impact of the Golden Quadrilateral highway project on the urban and rural growth of Indian manufacturing. The Golden Quadrilateral project upgraded the quality and width of 5,846 km of roads in India. The study uses a difference-in-difference estimation strategy to compar...

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Main Authors: Ghani, Ejaz, Goswami, Arti Grover, Kerr, William R.
Language:en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:
access roads
accounting
businesses
cities
connectivity
crossing
Development Economics
districts
driving
economic activity
economic conditions
Economic Growth
Economics
elasticity
electricity
employment
Enterprise Development
Enterprise Surveys
expressways
female
freight
freight movement
gender
Highway
Highway Congestion
highway construction
highway improvements
highway infrastructure
highway network
highway networks
Highway Project
highway projects
highway system
highway systems
Highways
Impact of Transport
impacts of transportation
implementations
Income
industrial development
industrialization
infrastructure projects
institution
international standards
Interstate Highway System
inventory
inventory management
labor markets
labor productivity
lanes
longer distances
Manufacturing
material
migration
movement of goods
national highways
open access
outputs
passenger traffic
population densities
productivity
productivity growth
Railroads
rents
results
road
Road Congestion
road network
Road transport
roads
rural area
rural areas
satellite
suburbs
suppliers
time frame
time frames
time period
traffic volume
Transport Infrastructure
transportation infrastructure
transportation networks
true
urban area
urban areas
urban land
urban planning
urbanization
uses
villages
Web
zoning
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16314

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16314

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