Design and appraisal of rural transport infrastructure : ensuring basic access for rural communities

Isolation contributes to rural poverty. Without a minimum of reliable and efficient access to locations of basic social and economic activities, rural life stagnates and local development prospects remain limited. Providing and maintaining a minimum level of access, referred to in this paper as basi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lebo, Jerry
Corporate Author: Banco Mundial
Other Authors: Schelling, Dieter
Format: Book
Published: Washington, D.C. World Bank 2001
Series:World Bank technical paper no. 496
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