Revising the Roads Investment Strategy in Rural Areas : An Application for Uganda

Macchi, Patricia; Raballand, Gaël; Merotto, Dino; Petracco, Carly

Revising the Roads Investment Strategy in Rural Areas : An Application for Uganda

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Based on extensive data collection in Uganda, this paper demonstrates that the rural access index, as defined today, should not be a government objective because the benefit of such investment is minimal, whereas achieving rural accessibility at less than 2 kilometers would require massive investments that are not sustainable. Taking into account the fact that plot size is limited on average to less than 1 hectare, a farmer s transport requirement is usually minimal and does not necessarily involve massive investments in infrastructure. This is because most farmers cannot fully load a truck or pay for this service and, even if productivity were to increase significantly, the production threshold would not be reached by most individual farmers. Therefore, in terms of public policy, maintenance of the existing rural roads rather than opening new roads should be given priority; the district feeder road allocation maintenance formula should be revised to take into account economic potential and, finally, policy makers should devote their attention to innovative marketing models from other countries where smallholder loads are consolidated through private-based consolidators.

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ACCESS ROAD, ACCESS ROADS, ACCESS TO MARKETS, ACCESSIBILITY, AFFORDABLE TRANSPORT, AGRICULTURAL VALUE, ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT, ANIMAL TRANSPORT, AVAILABILITY OF TRANSPORT, AVAILABILITY OF TRANSPORT SERVICES, AVERAGE PRICE, BICYCLE, BICYCLES, BIKES, BITUMEN, BRIDGE, BUS, BUSES, CARRIAGEWAY, CARRYING CAPACITY, COMMODITY PRICES, COMMUNITY ROADS, DISTRICT ROAD, DISTRICT ROADS, DURABLE GOODS, EARTH ROAD, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, EFFICIENT VEHICLE, EFFICIENT VEHICLES, ELASTICITY OF DEMAND, EQUATIONS, EXPENDITURE, EXPENDITURES, EXPENDITURES ON ROADS, EXPORT MARKETS, FAIR, FEEDER ROAD, FEEDER ROADS, FINANCIAL BURDEN, FOOTPATH, FOOTPATHS, FRAMEWORK, FREIGHT, FREIGHT FLOWS, FREIGHT TRANSPORT, FUNDS FOR ROADS, GPS, GRADE, GRAVEL, HANDCARTS, HAULAGE, HIGH TRANSPORT, HIGH TRANSPORTATION, HIGHWAY, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HUMAN TRANSPORT, IMT, INCOME, INTERMEDIATE MEANS OF TRANSPORT, INTERNATIONAL MARKET, INVENTORY, INVESTMENT IN ROADS, LANDSLIDES, LOAD FACTORS, LOADING, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, LORRY, LOW VOLUME ROADS, LOW VOLUMES OF TRAFFIC, MAIN ROAD, MAIN ROADS, MARKET ACCESS, MARKET COMPETITION, MARKET CONDITIONS, MARKET INFORMATION, MARKET INTEGRATION, MARKET POWER, MARKET PRICE, MARKET PRICES, MARKET TOWNS, MARKETING, MEANS OF TRANSPORT, MECHANIZATION, MIDDLEMEN, MOBILITY, MODE OF TRANSPORT, MODE OF TRANSPORTATION, MODE OF TRAVEL, MODES OF TRANSPORT, MOTOR VEHICLES, MOTORCYCLE, MOTORCYCLES, MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN, NATIONAL ROADS, NATIONAL ROADS AUTHORITY, NATIONAL TRANSPORT, PACK ANIMAL, PASSENGER, PASSENGER MOBILITY, PAVED ROADS, PERIODIC MAINTENANCE, PERSONAL MOBILITY, POOR ROAD, POPULATION DENSITY, PRICE CHANGES, PRICE ELASTICITY, PRICE INCREASE, PRODUCER PRICES, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC WORKS, PURCHASING, QUALITY OF TRANSPORT, RECONSTRUCTION, REDUCTION IN TRIP LENGTH, ROAD, ROAD ACCESS, ROAD BUILDING, ROAD CONDITIONS, ROAD CONSTRUCTION, ROAD FUND, ROAD IMPROVEMENT, ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, ROAD INVESTMENT, ROAD INVESTMENTS, ROAD MAINTENANCE, ROAD MAINTENANCE FUND, ROAD NETWORK, ROAD PLANNING, ROAD QUALITY, ROAD SECTOR, ROAD SYSTEM, ROADS, ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, RURAL ACCESS, RURAL ACCESSIBILITY, RURAL AREAS, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE, RURAL ROAD, RURAL ROAD DENSITY, RURAL ROAD INVESTMENT, RURAL ROADS, RURAL ROADS NETWORK, RURAL TRANSPORT, RURAL TRANSPORT POLICY, SALE, SALES, SEALING, SOILS, SPEED, SUBSTITUTE, SUPPLIERS, SUPPLY CHAIN, SURPLUS, SURPLUSES, TAX, TAXIS, TRACKS, TRAFFIC, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT COST, TRANSPORT COST SAVINGS, TRANSPORT COSTS, TRANSPORT DEMAND, TRANSPORT IMPROVEMENTS, TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT MODE, TRANSPORT OPERATIONS, TRANSPORT OPERATORS, TRANSPORT PATTERNS, TRANSPORT POLICY, TRANSPORT PRICE, TRANSPORT REQUIREMENTS, TRANSPORT RESEARCH, TRANSPORT SERVICE, TRANSPORT SERVICES, TRANSPORT TIME, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION COSTS, TRANSPORTATION DATA, TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, TRAVEL DISTANCE, TRAVEL TIME, TRIP, TRIP LENGTH, TRUCK TRANSPORT, TRUCKING, TRUCKS, TRUNK ROADS, TYPES OF ROADS, URBAN ROADS, VALUE OF TIME, VEHICLE, VEHICLE COSTS, VEHICLE TRANSPORT, VEHICLE USE, WALKING, WALKING DISTANCE, WHOLESALER, WHOLESALERS