The Road to Opportunities in Rural India : The Economic and Social Impacts of PMGSY
This report presents the results of an impact evaluation of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) rural roads program in India. The program targeted the provision of all-weather roads to about 178,000 habitations across India. The impact eva...
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| Format: | Technical Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/099555012012152503/P1535360224abf0e409925072d177110d8a http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36626 |
| Summary: | This report presents the results of
an impact evaluation of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
(PMGSY) rural roads program in India. The program targeted
the provision of all-weather roads to about 178,000
habitations across India. The impact evaluation uses a
difference-in-difference approach and panel data from the
states of Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan
collected in 2009 and 2017. The evaluation finds that PMGSY
improved accessibility, particularly in hilly areas,
increased access to economic opportunities, triggering a
change in the structure of employment in rural India, and
had a positive impact on human capital formation in rural
India, with boys and girls benefiting equally. |
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