Assessing the Impact of Transport and Energy Infrastructure on Poverty Reduction - Chapter 1 docx

... the impact of the PRS on coun-try-level operations and project designs, and the moni-toring and evaluation of the strategy, poverty assessmentreports, and country strategies and programs. The ... farm and nonfarm employment. 18 Assessing the Impact of Transport and Energy Infrastructure on Poverty Reduction from the grid, because grid electricity is the least-cost,highest-quality solution. ... services impacts on poverty reduction in four sec-tors energy, water and sanitation, transportation, and information and communication (Brenneman and Kerf2002). The report concludes that the impacts...

... this one leading to the Northeast Region.26 Assessing the Impact of Transport and Energy Infrastructure on Poverty Reduction late economic activity and, in some projects, to reduceregional ... de Walle 19 99.30 Assessing the Impact of Transport and Energy Infrastructure on Poverty Reduction erty Reduction Project, the key performance indicatorsused to monitor the achievement of this ... implementation. The reports gavelimited information on how the poverty reduction objec-tive of these projects would be addressed in the definition,collection, and analysis of the data. Proposed monitoringmechanisms...

... Transport and Energy Infrastructure on Poverty Reduction Environment The construction and operation of infrastructure projects often involves significant impacts on the physicalenvironment that ... before -and- after, with- and- without, poor -and- nonpoor, and gender-based com-parisons, and maximizes the chance of obtaining valid and reliable research results. In the field research conductedfor ... subregions: PRC and the CentralAsian Republics, South Asia, the Greater Mekong Subregion, SoutheastAsia, and the Pacific Islands.42 Assessing the Impact of Transport and Energy Infrastructure on...

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... believed that transport and energy contributedto poverty reduction, and that roads contributed most of all. 13 0 Assessing the Impact of Transport and Energy Infrastructure on Poverty Reduction in comparison ... Thailand study team. 10 2 Assessing the Impact of Transport and Energy Infrastructure on Poverty Reduction For electricity, the household survey examined the method of connection and the length of ... ser-vices, the Government plays an active role in both the construction of transport and energy infrastructure and the provision of transport and energy services. To date,with the exception of...

... Nonpoor 99 10 0 94 10 0Bharuch District Poor 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 Nonpoor 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0Panchmahal District Poor 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 Nonpoor 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0Kuchchh District Poor 10 0 10 0 10 0 99 Nonpoor ... KuchchhOccupation Poor Nonpoor Poor Nonpoor Poor Nonpoor Poor NonpoorFarmer 40.2 56.5 17 .0 28 .1 66.4 52.3 21. 0 21. 0Farm Laborer 38.6 23.6 47.3 32.3 11 .1 4.6 12 .1 12 .1 Nonfarm Laborer 17 .4 10 .3 22.3 19 .3 11 .6 ... in infrastructure. The share of transport and energy investment in the SixthFive-Year Plan (19 80 19 85) was 35% of all public invest-ment; in the Seventh Plan (19 85 19 90) it was 31% , and inthe...

... research.Definitions of Poverty One of the first conclusions that became clear from areview of the literature and the three country studies is that the definitions of poverty and poverty reduction are many and ... travel. 19 6 Assessing the Impact of Transport and Energy Infrastructure on Poverty Reduction basis, helps to mitigate poor farmers production and mar-keting risks and increases the reliability of their ... 19 8 Assessing the Impact of Transport and Energy Infrastructure on Poverty Reduction This family in Northeast Thailand has followed up its acquisition of electricity and the near-ubiquitous...

... Assessing the Impact of Transport and Energy Infrastructure on Poverty Reduction Types of Impacts Transport and energy are commonly considered pri-marily as agents of economic growth that contribute ... geo-graphical targeting of poor areas that lack basic transport 204 Assessing the Impact of Transport and Energy Infrastructure on Poverty Reduction Understanding the links between transport and ... transport and energy infrastructure and poverty reduction stillhas a long way to go.Policy and Operational Implications 203 and energy provision can have an important impact on poverty reduction, helping...