兼松セミナー (Kanematsu Seminar)

日時:
(Date&Time)
2007年9月6日(木)午後3時半から (Thursday, September 6, 2007, 3:30pm〜)
報告者:
(Speaker)
Ramprasad SENGUPTA
所属:
(Affiliation)
ジャワハルラルネルー大学社会科学部経済研究・計画センター/神戸大学経済経営研究所
(Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University/RIEB, Kobe University)
論題:
(Topic)
“Socio-Economic Impact of Road Infrastructure Development on Rural Economies: A Case Study of the National Highway 2 in India”
概要:
(Abstract)
The seminar is based on the paper entitled “Impact of a Highway on the Socio-economic Well-being of Rural Households in Proximity” ( Co-author: Dipankar Coondoo of ISI, Calcutta, and Bhisma Rout, ADB, New Delhi.)
Human development depends on the capabilities of the people which determine the extent of their freedom of choice, i.e., the size of the set of options on which the individuals can exercise their choices. The set of options which the members of an individual household of a developing country like India can have access again depends significantly among others on their income, mobility and accessibility of the location of their respective households. The road infrastructure has played directly and indirectly a crucial role in influencing the entitlement of the people, their capabilities and socio-economic state of development. The paper on which the seminar is based investigates empirically the impact of a highway development on the poverty status and socio-economic conditions of well-being of the people living in its proximity, through greater connectivity and transport mobility. It points out the connection between the road development and the individual welfare maximising choices with the help of a microeconomic rural household model. It shows how the value of the various household level well-being indicators tend to decline as the approach distance of a household from the highway increases and tends to disappear beyond a threshold distance using nonparametric regression models with the baseline survey cross section data pertaining to the project of widening the National Highway 2 of India. The paper further uses the propensity score matching cum differencing method to estimate the partial effect of the highway on those welfare indicators and illustratively shows how the highway has significant impact on the rural economies in India through which it passes.
会場:
(Place)
神戸大学経済経営研究所 調査室 (兼松記念館1階)
Seminar Room at RIEB (Kanematsu Memorial Hall 1st Floor)
対象:
(Intended Audience)
教員,院生,学部生,および同等の知識をお持ちの方
Faculty, Graduate Students, Undergraduates, and People with Equivalent Knowledge
使用言語:
(Language)
英語
(English)
備考:
(Note)

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Copies of the paper are available at Research Assistant Room.