Providing quality infrastructure in rural villages: The case of rural roads in China | |
Wong H. L. ; Luo R. F. ; Zhang L. X. ; Rozelle S. | |
2013 | |
关键词 | Decentralization Quality infrastructure Project finance Project management Road quality Rural China poverty decentralization expansion growth impact |
英文摘要 | When seeking to build high quality and cost-effective infrastructure in rural villages, a fundamental question is: Who is better at doing so? Should the village leadership or a government agency above the village finance and/or manage the construction of the infrastructure project? To answer this question, we surveyed all rural road projects in 101 villages in rural China between 2003 and 2007 and measured the quality and per kilometer cost of each road. According to our analysis, road quality was higher when more of the project funds came from the government agency above. Moreover, projects had lower cost per kilometer when the village leaders managed the road construction. Overall, our findings suggest that to build high quality and cost-effective rural roads village leaders and government agencies should collaborate and each specialize in a specific project role. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
出处 | Journal of Development Economics |
卷 | 103 |
页 | 262-274 |
收录类别 | SCI |
语种 | 英语 |
ISSN号 | 0304-3878 |
内容类型 | SCI/SSCI论文 |
源URL | [http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/30163] |
专题 | 地理科学与资源研究所_历年回溯文献 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Wong H. L.,Luo R. F.,Zhang L. X.,et al. Providing quality infrastructure in rural villages: The case of rural roads in China. 2013. |
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