Road Network Upgrading and Overland Trade Expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa

Recent research suggests that isolation from regional and international markets has contributed significantly to poverty in many Sub-Saharan African countries. Numerous empirical studies identify poor transport infrastructure and border restrictions as significant deterrents to trade expansion. In r...

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Main Authors:	Buys, Piet, Deichmann, Uwe, Wheeler, David
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AIR ARTERIES BORDER CROSSINGS BRIDGE CAR CONGO COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS CUSTOMS DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY EXPORTS FOOTPATHS FREIGHT GDP GDP PER CAPITA HAULING HEAVY TRUCKS HIGH TRANSPORT HIGHWAY HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION HIGHWAY CORRIDORS HIGHWAY WIDENING HIGHWAYS IMPERFECT COMPETITION INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INDEX NUMBERS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING INTERNATIONAL TRADE JOURNEY LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES LOCAL TRAFFIC MARITIME TRANSPORT OCEAN FREIGHT OCEAN TRANSPORT PAVED ROADS PER CAPITA INCOME POOR ROADS PURCHASING POWER RAIL RAIL LINES RAIL TRAFFIC RAILROAD RECONSTRUCTION ROAD ROAD CONDITIONS ROAD CONNECTIONS ROAD IMPROVEMENT ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD INVESTMENT ROAD LINKS ROAD NETWORK ROAD PROJECTS ROAD QUALITY ROAD SYSTEM ROAD TRANSPORT ROADS ROUTE ROUTES SHIPMENTS SHIPPERS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA THE GAMBIA TRADE FACILITATION TRAFFIC GROWTH TRAFFIC VOLUME TRAFFIC VOLUMES TRANSIT TRANSIT COUNTRIES TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT POLICY TRANSPORT QUALITY TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRIP TRUE UNDERESTIMATES VALUATION VEHICLE VEHICLE DEPRECIATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/12/7267078/road-network-upgrading-overland-trade-expansion-sub-saharan-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9256

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9256

Road Network Upgrading and Overland Trade Expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa

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