The poverty impact of Rural roads: Evidence from Bangladesh

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 685-722

  Khandker, Shahidur R ^a   Bakht, Zaid ^b   Koolwal, Gayatri B ^a  

^a Bank World ^*

^b Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INVESTMENT; MARKET CONDITIONS; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; ROAD TRANSPORT; RURAL AREA; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70349510220     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/598765     Document Type: Article

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