Rural Roads and Poor Area Development in Vietnam

The authors assess impacts of rural road rehabilitation on market and institutional development at the commune level in rural Vietnam. Double difference and matching methods are used to address sources of selection bias in identifying impacts. The authors focus on impact heterogeneities and the geographic, community, and household factors that explain them. A key question from a policy standpoint is whether the impact-contingent factors are consistent and universal across project areas and outcome indicators. The authors find evidence of considerable impact heterogeneity, with a tendency for poorer areas to have conditions favoring higher impacts, although impacts are highly context specific.

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• Authors:
  • Mu, Ren
  • van de Walle, Dominique
• Publication Date: 2007-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Edition: Policy Research Working Paper
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 42p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic impacts; Heterogeneity; Highway maintenance; Low income groups; Market development; Rehabilitation; Rural highways
• Uncontrolled Terms: Institutions
• Geographic Terms: Vietnam
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Society; I10: Economics and Administration; I60: Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01080462
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: WPS4340
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 31 2007 6:49AM