Rural accessibility is the only metric used in the Sustainable Development Goals to track progress toward better transport services in low- and middle-income countries. This paper estimates the rural accessibility index, defined as the proportion of the rural population who live within 2 kilometers of an all-season road, in 166 countries using open data. It then explores the cost of increasing the rural accessibility index in 19 countries, using an...
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2019/02/19
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS8746
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2019/02/19
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Disclosed
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Assessing Rural Accessibility and Rural Roads Investment Needs Using Open Source Data
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rural accessibility