Road development, economic growth, and poverty reduction in China

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cg.coverage.countryChinaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2CNen_US
cg.coverage.regionOceaniaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Asiaen_US
cg.creator.identifierShenggen Fan: 0000-0002-2658-4863en_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Archiveen_US
cg.number138en_US
cg.placeWashington, DCen_US
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen_US
dc.contributor.authorFan, Shenggenen_US
dc.contributor.authorChan-Kang, Connieen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-21T09:51:23Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-11-21T09:51:23Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/160629en_US
dc.titleRoad development, economic growth, and poverty reduction in Chinaen_US
dcterms.abstractSince 1985, the Chinese government has given high priority to building roads, particularly high-quality roads that connect industrial centers. This report evaluates the contribution roads have made to poverty reduction and economic growth in China over the last two decades. It disaggregates road infrastructure into different classes to account for differences in their quality, and then estimates the impact of road investments on overall economic growth, agricultural growth, urban growth, urban poverty reduction, and rural poverty reduction. The report makes the case for a greater focus on low-quality and rural roads in future infrastructure investment strategies in China. It does so by showing how investing in low-quality and rural roads will generate larger marginal returns, raise more people out of poverty per yuan invested, and reduce regional development disparity more sharply than investing in high-quality roads. The study’s findings will have considerable implications for China’s infrastructure policy.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationFan, Shenggen; Chan-Kang, Connie. Road development, economic growth, and poverty reduction in China. Research Report Abstract. 138. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160629en_US
dcterms.isPartOfResearch Report Abstracten_US
dcterms.issued2005en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen_US
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/48028en_US
dcterms.subjecthuman capitalen_US
dcterms.subjectpovertyen_US
dcterms.subjectincomeen_US
dcterms.subjectrural areasen_US
dcterms.subjecturban areasen_US
dcterms.subjectnatural resourcesen_US
dcterms.subjectregional developmenten_US
dcterms.subjectroadsen_US
dcterms.typeAbstracten_US

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