Roads to poverty reduction? Exploring rural roads' impact on mobility in Africa and Asia

Development Policy Review

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 459-482

  Bryceson, Deborah Fahy ^a,b   Bradbury, Annabel ^a,b   Bradbury, Trevor ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b TRANSPORT RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Mobility; Rural roads; Service accessibility; Transport mode

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; INVESTMENT LOCATION; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; MOBILITY; POVERTY; ROAD TRANSPORT; RURAL AREA; RURAL ECONOMY; TRANSPORTATION MODE; WELFARE IMPACT;

AFRICA; ASIA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; VIET NAM; ZAMBIA;

EID: 47149111404     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2008.00418.x     Document Type: Article

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