
rural roads
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Rural road infrastructure empowered women in India
The construction of rural roads improved women's empowerment by reducing mobility restrictions, fostering progressive norms, increasing girls' educational enrolment and enhancing female agency. However, challenges remain in finding ways to enhance wo...
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Building rural roads in India increased lending by banks
A programme constructing new rural roads in India increased bank lending, particularly to previously excluded communities, with new financing put towards productive uses
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Combined approaches to agricultural productivity: Evidence from Ethiopia
Building roads and extending agriculture services to rural Ethiopian communities had no impact alone, but increased agricultural productivity together