EQUIPMENT VERSUS EMPLOYMENT. A SOCIAL COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVE TECHNIQUES OF FEEDER ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN THAILAND

The major aim of the ILO project of which this study forms a part is to determine whether the use of labour-intensive road construction techniques in developing countries is technically and economically feasible. The present inquiry concentrates on a typical feeder road in northern Thailand. Through interviews with private contractors, consulting engineers and the highways department, as well as through direct field observations, alternative techniques were identified for most of the tasks necessary for the construction of this type of road. As in this particular case there was no question that men could not be substituted for machines, the main emphasis was placed on the economic aspects of the choice of technique. Like the previous studies undertaken for the project the present volume provides substantial evidence that, at least in the case of low-standard roads such as the one examined here, the prospects for using labour-intensive techniques are promising. This inquiry is particularly interesting in that it is the first ILO study on road construction work to take account of the effects of the energy crisis on technological choice. /Author/TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  International Labour Office

  Geneva,   Switzerland 
• Authors:
  • McCleary, W A
• Publication Date: 1976

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 170 p.
• Serial:
  • Publication of: International Labour Office
  • Publisher: International Labour Office
  • ISSN: 9221-015017

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Construction equipment; Costs; Developing countries; Economic factors; Employment; Equipment; Feeder services; Personnel; Road construction; Sociology
• Uncontrolled Terms: Low cost roads
• Geographic Terms: Asia; Thailand
• ITRD Terms: 8005: Asia; 224: Cost; 226: Cost benefit analysis; 150: Developing countries; 3674: Equipment; 2986: Low cost road; 102: Personnel; 3665: Road construction; 2253: Sociology; 8113: Thailand
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Highways; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00145368
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 13 1977 12:00AM