Roads and Diversification of Activities in Rural Areas: A Cameroon Case Study

This article uses the 2001 Cameroon National Household Survey (ECAM II) to analyse how road access affects labour activities. It shows that one‐size‐fits‐all road investments are irrelevant because the effects of roads are neither systematic nor uniform: the impacts of isolation on household well‐be...

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Published in:Development policy review 2015-05, Vol.33 (3), p.355-372
Main Authors: Castaing Gachassin, Marie, Najman, Boris, Raballand, Gaël
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Africa
Cameroon
Case studies
Diversification
Earned income
Households
infrastructure
Investment
Investments
Labor force
labour
Labour market
poverty
Roads
Roads & highways
Rural areas
Rural conditions
Studies
Surveys
Well-being
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Summary:This article uses the 2001 Cameroon National Household Survey (ECAM II) to analyse how road access affects labour activities. It shows that one‐size‐fits‐all road investments are irrelevant because the effects of roads are neither systematic nor uniform: the impacts of isolation on household well‐being through labour‐market opportunities are heterogeneous and depend on local characteristics. In view of the diversification of activities in household strategy, it finds that better road access increases the number of activities within those households that are most isolated.
ISSN:0950-6764
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DOI:10.1111/dpr.12111