Rural Roads and Local Market Development in Vietnam

The authors assess impacts of rural road rehabilitation on market development at the commune level in rural Vietnam and examine the variance of those impacts and the geographic, community, and household factors that explains it. Double difference and matching methods are used to address sources of selection bias in identifying impacts. The results point to significant average impacts on the development of local markets. They also uncover evidence of considerable impact heterogeneity, with a tendency for poorer communes to have higher impacts due to lower levels of initial market development. Yet, poor areas are also saddled with other attributes that reduce those impacts.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Mu, Ren, van de Walle, Dominique
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2007-08
Subjects:	ACCESS TO MARKETS, ACCESSIBILITY, AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES, AGRICULTURAL BANK, AGRICULTURE, AIR, AVAILABILITY OF CREDIT, BANK BRANCH, BIKE REPAIR, BOTTLENECKS, CD, COMMERCIAL BANKS, COMMUNES, COMMUNITIES, CONSUMER GOODS, CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES, CONSUMPTION LEVELS, COST OF TRANSPORT, CREDIT AVAILABILITY, DESCRIPTION, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, DISTRICTS, DUMMY VARIABLES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY, ECONOMIC POLICIES, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, EXPENDITURES, EXTERNALITIES, FINANCES, FREIGHT, GOVERNMENT SPENDING, HIGH TRANSPORT, HOLDING, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLDS, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, INCOME EFFECT, INCREASING RETURNS, INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE, INFRASTRUCTURE REHABILITATION, INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL BANK, INTERVENTION, INTERVENTIONS, LACK OF CREDIT, LAND USE, LENGTH OF ROAD, LIVING STANDARDS, LOCAL ECONOMY, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, LOCAL MARKET, LOCAL MARKETS, MARKET DEVELOPMENT, MARKET ECONOMY, MARKET TOWN, MARKETING, MARKETPLACE, MOBILITY, MODES OF TRANSPORT, OCCUPATION, OCCUPATIONS, PASSENGER TRANSPORT, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POPULATION DENSITIES, POPULATION DENSITY, POSITIVE EFFECTS, PUBLIC INVESTMENTS, RAILROAD, RAILWAYS, RETAIL, RETURNS, ROAD, ROAD CONDITIONS, ROAD IMPROVEMENT, ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE, ROAD LINKS, ROAD PROJECTS, RURAL AREA, RURAL AREAS, RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE, RURAL MARKETS, RURAL ROADS, RURAL TRANSFORMATION, RURAL TRANSPORT, SAFETY, SAFETY NETS, SHOPS, SMALL BUSINESSES, SOCIAL STRUCTURE, SUBSTITUTE, SUBSTITUTES, TRADING, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT COSTS, TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT, TRANSPORT IMPROVEMENTS, TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION ACCESSIBILITY, TRAVEL COSTS, TRAVEL TIME, TRUE, TRUST FUND, VEHICLE, VILLAGES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/08/10914790/rural-roads-poor-area-development-vietnam http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6878
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