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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| Language: | English en_US |
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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 |
| Summary: | 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. The problem often remains
unsolved because sparse traffic makes it cost-prohibitive to
pave rural roads by traditional means. Developing countries
need affordable options for extending paved road networks
into rural areas. A versatile new construction method using
low-cost concrete poured into flexible plastic webbing
offers a promising alternative. These geo cell pavements,
cost less to build and maintain than concrete, asphalt, or
chip seal pavements. The new pavement technology has been
used in Africa, the Middle East, Australia, and the Pacific,
offering an affordable way to improve accessibility for
poorer remote areas. Geo cell pavements that link rural
traders and farmers to market centers could become an
important tool in the effort to eliminate extreme poverty. |
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