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Rural roads and poverty alleviation

Title
Rural roads and poverty alleviation / edited by John Howe and Peter Richards.
Publication
London : Intermediate Technology Publications ; Boulder, Colo. : Westview, 1984.

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Additional Authors
  • Howe, John.
  • Richards, P. J. (Peter J.)
  • World Employment Programme.
Description
vii, 191 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm
Summary
ILO pub-WEP pub. Economic analysis of local level road networks and their importance for rural area poverty alleviation in developing countries - examines the role of road transport and mobility in economic development and agricultural modernization; discusses criteria for road planning (incl. Quantitative methods and social investment criteria, cost benefit analysis and reassessment); includes a literature survey on poverty alleviation through rural roads, and case studies of Botswana, Egypt, India and Thailand. Maps and references.
Subject
  • Roads > Developing countries
  • Roads > Economic aspects > Developing countries
  • Roads
  • Roads > Economic aspects
  • local level
  • road network
  • rural area
  • poverty
  • road transport
  • economic development
  • modernization
  • road
  • planning
  • cost benefit analysis
  • case study
  • niveau local
  • réseau routier
  • zone rurale
  • pauvreté
  • transport routier
  • développement économique
  • modernisation
  • route
  • planification
  • analyse coûts-avantages
  • étude de cas
  • nivel local
  • red vial
  • zona rural
  • pobreza
  • transporte por carretera
  • desarrollo económico
  • modernización
  • carretera
  • planificación
  • análisis de costos y beneficios
  • estudio de casos
  • Developing countries
  • Botswana
  • developing countries
  • Egypt
  • India
  • Thailand
  • pays en développement
  • Egypte
  • Inde
  • Thaïlande
  • países en desarrollo
  • Egipto
  • Tailandia
Genre/Form
  • economic analysis.
  • ILO pub.
  • WEP pub.
  • literature survey.
  • map.
  • reference.
  • analyse économique.
  • pub OIT.
  • pub PME.
  • carte géographique.
  • référence bibliographique.
  • revue de littérature.
  • análisis económico.
  • artículo bibliográfico.
  • mapa.
  • referencia.
Note
  • U.S. imprint from label on t.p. verso: "Published in the United States by Westview Press ... ".
  • "Prepared for the International Labour Office within the framework of the World Employment Programme".
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 169-191.
Contents
The economic context of rural roads / Peter Richards -- Criteria for road planning / John Howe -- The impact of rural roads on poverty alleviation: a review of the literature / John Howe -- Rural roads and poverty alleviation in Egypt / M.A. El Hawary and T.Y. El Reedy -- Rural roads and poverty alleviation in India / P.K. Thomas -- Rural roads and poverty alleviation in Botswana / John Howe -- Rural roads and poverty alleviation in Thailand / J. Hugh Jones.
ISBN
  • 0946688052
  • 9780946688050
  • 0813302315
  • 9780813302317
LCCN
85050589
OCLC
  • ocn123195200
  • 123195200
  • SCSB-640968
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library