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Improved road accessibility and indirect development effects: evidence from rural Philippines

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This paper develops earlier conceptual frameworks and methods for analyzing the indirect development effects of improved road accessibility. The creation of economic opportunity and response to economic opportunity are the two concepts used in the theoretical framework, while time-series data, a road accessibility inventory, and a multi-criteria analysis were the methods used to analyse the indirect effects among households and household firms. A weakness of many impact studies is that they merely chart aggregate economic development. The method employed here includes access to resources by various groups and therefore enables the focus to shift from mere aggregate economic development to also encompass equitable and sustainable social development. The study focused on a rural Philippine fishing community, previously characterized by poor transport conditions and poor accessibility to major markets. It found that the benefits of the road improvement were considerable and benefited a great majority of the population in the fishing community. In addition to the extensive direct effects of the improved road, a number of complementary factors led to substantial indirect effects. These included: abundance of harvested resource in the community; a potential for technical innovations that increased production and productivity; available investment to support this increased production; abundant demand for this increased production in the market region (the market widened in spatial terms and prices were maintained).

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  • Olsson, Jerry, 2009. "Improved road accessibility and indirect development effects: evidence from rural Philippines," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 17(6), pages 476-483.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jotrge:v:17:y:2009:i:6:p:476-483
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2008.09.001
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