Bringing Paved Roads to the Hinterland : A Cost-Saving Way to Speed Travel and Transport

Extreme poverty is a predominantly rural phenomenon, and the poor quality of roads linking remote areas to market centers is one of its distinguishing features. The time and cost of moving goods over poor roads makes rural traders uncompetitive. Th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Whalley, Oliver George
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/08/26682174/bringing-paved-roads-hinterland-cost-saving-way-speed-travel-transport
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24963