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Design and appraisal of rural transport infrastructure: ensuring basic access for rural communities (pdf 16kb)

This short paper discusses the issue of transport networks in developing countries in terms of quality and access.  The paper address the following:

- Rural transport networks in most developing countries are underdeveloped and of poor quality.
- Rural dwellers in developing countries do not have reliable all-season access to main road networks
- Many do not have motorized access at all.
- Resources are being spent on upgrading roads to higher than economically justified standards. 

 

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