Impacts of improved rural roads on the well-being of Cambodian villagers

Tien Vu and Hiroyuki Yamada

No 2024-016, Keio-IES Discussion Paper Series from Institute for Economics Studies, Keio University

Abstract: We examine impacts of improved rural roads on villagers, using panel data of Cambodian villages (2006-2021). We find an association between the wealth of villagers and the improvement of rural roads. A higher minimum price for rice at farm gate may be one of the reasons for the increase in wealth. We also find impacts of improved rural roads on (reducing) illiteracy rates among villagers. However, we do not find any statistically significant impacts on school enrollment rate, structural change, or internal migration. Instead, improved rural roads lead to a higher share of families being subjected to environmental pollution.

Keywords: Improved rural roads; wealth; rice; education; pollution; Cambodia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O15 R11 R42 R58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 47 pages
Date: 2024-06-18
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