Roads and Rural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

• Tác giả: Claudia N Berg
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 581.96 Specific topics in natural history of plants
• Thông tin xuất bản: Taylor and Francis, 2018
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 325210
• Chủ đề: 1. CROP PRODUCTION; 2. CROPLAND; 3. MARKET ACCESS; 4. ROADWAYS; 5. TRANSPORTATION

Tóm tắt

This paper assesses the relationship between access to markets and land cultivation in sub-Saharan Africa. Using a geo-referenced panel over four decades (1970-2010) during which the road network was significantly improved, we find a modest impact of improved market accessibility on local cropland expansion - especially in places that are exposed to better agricultural production conditions - as well as suggestive evidence of an increase in the local intensity of cultivation. Suggestive evidence of a positive association between improved market accessibility and local GDP growth beyond the impact of cropland expansion could reflect the stimulation of non-agricultural activities.