Abstract
A number of agencies have commissioned empirical studies to demonstrate the impacts of investment in rural road infrastructure. This paper by an evidence based systematic review, analyses published methodologies and draws a number of lessons which can be learnt for similar studies in SSA. These findings are utilized to devise an econometric approach which has been developed to assess the impacts of rural road maintenance on the livelihoods of rural communities in thirty communities in three rural districts in Sierra Leone, Uganda and Zambia. The results of the study suggest that road condition has an impact on travel times and transport costs to the local markets. However, the sale prices at the nearest largest market of a variety of goods that have been exported from the communities considered, or imported to the same, were not found to be related to road condition. This suggests that vendors agree, formally or informally, to fix the prices of goods and therefore transport cost savings are retained by the village or market vendor rather than being passed on to the consumer. In some areas it was found that transport availability and costs are governed by the presence of large numbers of motorcycles and their overloading of motorcycles, rather than by road condition.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 2018 SARF/IRF/PIARC regional conference for Africa |
Number of pages | 21 |
Publication status | Published - 11 Oct 2018 |
Event | 2018 SARAF/IRF/PIARC: regional conference for Africa - Durban international conference centre, Durban, South Africa Duration: 9 Oct 2018 → 11 Oct 2018 http://www.sarf-irf2018.co.za/ |
Conference
Conference | 2018 SARAF/IRF/PIARC |
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Country/Territory | South Africa |
City | Durban |
Period | 9/10/18 → 11/10/18 |
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Keywords
- Roads & highways
- unpaved roads
- developing countries