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| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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Shresthan, Slesh A. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Road, participation in markets, and benefits to agricultural households: Evidence from the topography-based highway network in Nepal |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Economic Development And Cultural Change |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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68(3), Apr, 2020: p.839-864 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
This paper identifies the role of roads in improving agricultural livelihoods and examines the key market mechanisms through which improved connectivity translates into economic gains for agricultural households. I use a rigorous identification strategy based on the rugged terrain that significantly influences the design and costs of constructing roads in Nepal, along with new geospatial data to find a positive impact of roads on farmland values. A 1% decrease in distance to a road raises the market price of an agricultural plot from 0.1% to 0.25%. This increase in land value is underpinned by increased participation by households in agricultural markets and improved farm production and incomes. The results also suggest that a decrease in the distance to a road contributes to the commercialization of agriculture and increases the use of fertilizer in agricultural production, thus reducing the unit cost of fertilizers. – Reproduced |
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Agricultural livelihoods, Agricultural production |
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23913 |
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Economic Development And Cultural Change |
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TRANSPORT - NEPAL |
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Articles |
