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Highways to success or byways to waste : (Record no. 62434)

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000 -LEADER
fixed length control field nam a22 7a 4500
001 - CONTROL NUMBER
control field 62434
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
control field MX-TxCIM
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field 20200817202201.0
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field 200814s2015 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 978-1-4648-0654-4
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 978-1-4648-0656-8 (Online)
024 8# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER
Standard number or code https://doi.org/10.1596/978-1-4648-0654-4
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency MX-TxCIM
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
9 (RLIN) 15267
Personal name Ali, R.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Highways to success or byways to waste :
Remainder of title estimating the economic benefits of roads in Africa
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Washington, DC (USA) :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. World Bank,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1994.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Roads are the arteries through which the economy pulses. They connect sellers to markets, workers to jobs, students to education, and the sick to hospitals. Yet much of the developing world, Africa in particular, lacks adequate transportation infrastructure. Accordingly investments in transportation remain a cornerstone of the development agenda. Sub-Saharan Africa spends roughly $6.8 billion per year on paving roads, and the World Bank invests more on roads than on education, health, and social services combined. Despite the development focus on transportation, methodologies for evaluating which road projects to fund are often dis-jointed and unreliable. This report hopes to improve upon the current approaches by establishing a new methodology for prioritization which can be applied to a diverse set of scenarios, regions, and projects. This book demonstrates how modern econometrics and geospatial techniques can be combined to analyze the latest available geo-referenced datasets at the smallest possible scale to answer some of the most important questions in development. Uniquely this report attempts to shed light on some of the most profound puzzles in determining the impacts of roads and where to locate these. Does road infrastructure unleash a virtuous growth cycle? Is it advisable to improve roads in conflict prone zones? What is the effect of improving market access on farming practices? And what are the impacts of roads on forests and biodiversity? It is envisioned that the approach used in this book can be a reference guide to researchers from across the spectrum of international development, who are seeking new tools and insights into the many issues (technical and non-technical) of this important field.
546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE
Language note Text in English
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 6034
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Infrastructure
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 14640
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Roads
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 14641
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Transport infrastructure
651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 1316
Geographic name Africa
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
9 (RLIN) 15268
Personal name Barra, A.F.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
9 (RLIN) 15269
Personal name Berg, C.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
9 (RLIN) 15270
Personal name Damania, R.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
9 (RLIN) 15271
Personal name Nash, J.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
9 (RLIN) 15272
Personal name Russ, J.
856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier https://doi.org/10.1596/978-1-4648-0654-4
Link text Click here to access online
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Source of classification or shelving scheme Dewey Decimal Classification
Koha item type Book
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Holdings
Date last seen Total Checkouts Price effective from Koha item type Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Collection code Withdrawn status Home library Current library Date acquired
08/14/2020   08/14/2020 Book Not Lost Dewey Decimal Classification     General Book Collection   CIMMYT Knowledge Center: John Woolston Library CIMMYT Knowledge Center: John Woolston Library 08/14/2020

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