Discuss The Impact Of Road Infrastructure On Economic Development

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Impact of roads infrastructure on Poverty and economic growth Physical isolation is a strong contributor to poverty reduction and economic growth. Populations out of reliable access to basic social and economic services like road infrastructure are poorer than those with reliable access (World Bank, 2006). In addition to the more direct factors of the production process such as human capital, physical capital and intermediate inputs, road infrastructure plays a great role for economic growth and poverty reduction. Road creates favourable condition for resource mobilization and efficient and sufficient allocation of factors of production through better linking of centres of demand and production. There are different perspectives and …show more content…

In contrast, neo-classical economists (Button, 1998; Aschauer, 1989) pointed out that supply driven and in their theory of endogenous growth infrastructure can be one of the inputs in the production function. 2.1.2.1 Impact of rural road investment on socio economic development
Socio-economic development and subsequent economic growth on the African continent is challenged by various constraint factors, including the lack of adequate and improved roads infrastructure. Investment in transport infrastructure in Africa plays a great role in facilitating development. Rural roads infrastructure in Africa is a particular area of concern, as the development of such basic infrastructure has been ignored to a large extent in the past history, thereby imposing great and significance constraint on growth and development of rural communities. An increased interest in rural roads investment capacity has improved in recent years. This is highly due to the importance for development of rural community as well as the positive and significant impact that rural …show more content…

Absence of basic public infrastructure (paths, trails, bridges and roads) and access to transport services leads it to difficult for rural poor house hold to access markets and services. There is very clear evidence that rural isolation is related with low agricultural productivity (related to poor market access and a few use of fertilizers and modern agricultural inputs). It is also related with poor health (for example un necessarily higher-natal mortality) and low school enrolment. Rural isolation enable imprison the elderly and household with disabilities. Two decade ago, little attention was given to the poverty implications of transport investments: it was considered that investments in urban and rural roads infrastructure leads to economic growth and social development as well as poverty reduction( Paul Starkey and John

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