A New Measure of Rural Access to Transport

Diehl, Adam; Iimi, Atsushi

A New Measure of Rural Access to Transport | Using GIS Data to Inform Decisions and Attainment of the SDGs

2015

Diehl, Adam | Iimi, Atsushi

In rural areas of the developing world, where the majority of the poor live, good transport connectivity through road infrastructure and transport services is an essential part of the enabling environment for sustainable growth. A lack of detailed nationwide data has limited previous efforts to develop measures of access to roads in rural areas that would guide policy and investment. The World Bank, with support from DFID, has been piloting a methodology that exploits advances in digital technology to assess population distribution and infrastructure location and quality. The resulting Rural Access Index (RAI) may serve as a useful and cost effective tool for governments planning their rural transport programs and as an indicator of progress towards the achievement of several of the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets.

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Mots clés AGROVOC

businesses communication communication technology costs digital technology farmers food security household surveys information infrastructure innovation manufacturing monitoring nutrition poverty poverty reduction productivity results roads rural areas rural population rural poverty surveys technology transport transport infrastructure

Informations bibliographiques

Editeur

World Bank, Washington, DC

D'autres materias

Road access; Security; Road accessibility; Global standard; Rural accessibility; Transport costs; Poor; Road infrastructure; Network; Rural access; Routes; Transport access; Rural residents; Business; Rural roads; Accessibility; Transport services; Target; Measures; Enabling environment; Road; Ict; Connectivity; Rural; Good transport; Rural road; Road conditions; Targets; Rural transport; Household survey; Technologies

Langue

anglais

Format

application/pdf, text/plain

Licence

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

Type

Brief; Fiche; Resumen

Sur AGRIS depuis: 2024-10-18

Date de modification: 2024-10-18

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