Roads and Rural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Berg, Claudia N.; Blankespoor, Brian; Selod, Harris

Roads and Rural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

2016

Berg, Claudia N. | Blankespoor, Brian | Selod, Harris

This paper assesses the relation between access to markets and cultivated land in Sub-Saharan Africa. Making use of a geo-referenced panel over three decades (1970-2005) during which the road network was significantly improved, the analysis finds a modest but significant positive association between increased market accessibility and local cropland expansion. It also finds that cropland expansion, in turn, is associated with a small but significant increase in local gross domestic product. These results are suggestive of agricultural activities that develop at the extensive margin, which are mostly to serve local demand, but are not indicative of commercial agriculture that serves external markets.

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access to markets accounting adoption agricultural production agricultural technology agriculture cd costs crop production cropland deficit demand development economic development elasticity fertility food security gross domestic product industrialization infrastructure international bank investment knowledge land use local communities market access markets migration policies population population density population distribution population growth poverty poverty reduction prices pricing property property rights public investment railroads returns roads rural areas rural development rural poverty spatial distribution subsistence farming transport transport infrastructure transportation urban areas urban population urbanization

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World Bank, Washington, DC

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External market; Local population; External markets; Accessibility; Low-income countries; Travel time; City population; Transport investment; Population increases; Return; Highways; Highway; Road; Road categories; Transportation investments; Political economy; Speeds; Road network; International food policy research institute; Security; Transaction; Exchange; Checks; International economics; Investments; Heavy reliance; Population division; Road improvements; Urban population growth; Regions; Lanes; Rural infrastructure; Transport policies; Policy research; Population data; Transportation infrastructure; Public spending; Road investment; Local market; Policy; Product; Interest; Number of people; Transport industry; Market potential; Urban populations; Population panel; Road information; Policy discussions; Road connections; Improved accessibility; Population growth rate; Populations; Agricultural activities; Holding; Rural roads; Policy research working paper; Good; Check; Cultural change; Domestic market; Transport investments; Progress; Travel; Enabling environment; Market; Change in population; Social affairs; Population growth rates; Respect; Global population; Transport costs; Road infrastructure; Market development; Travel times; Monetary fund; Development policy; Urban population growth rates; Transaction cost; Conversion; Value; Dummy variable; Goods

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anglais

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CC BY 3.0 IGO, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/, World Bank

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Working Paper; Work; Working Paper

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Date de modification: 2026-03-17

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DOI http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/06/26527840/roads-rural-development-sub-saharan-africa https://hdl.handle.net/10986/24646

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2016

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