road construction
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Roads to Ethiopia’s structural transformation
Ethiopia’s large-scale road expansion cut travel times to markets – boosting farm productivity, reshaping cropping patterns, and accelerating structural change.
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Toxic roads: How infrastructure development can undermine infant health
New evidence from Ethiopia reveals an unintended consequence of road construction: a sharp rise in infant deaths along key trade routes—which is potentially the result of hazardous waste dumping near roads.
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Constructing roads connected labour markets but increased harmful crop fires in rural India
Constructing rural roads in India caused farm labour exits, which increased the use of crop fires that hurt downwind communities
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Intranational trade barriers and firm productivity: Evidence from India
Highway construction in India improved productivity by inducing firms to focus on products in which they are most efficient