@article{Ibrahim:258730,
      recid = {258730},
      author = {Ibrahim Worku},
      title = {Road Sector Development and Economic Growth in Ethiopia},
      journal = {Ethiopian Journal of Economics},
      address = {2011-11-01},
      number = {683-2017-746},
      year = {2011},
      note = {Ibrahim Worku_Road Sector Development and Economic Growth  in Ethiopia},
      abstract = {The study attempts to see the trends, stock of  achievements, and impact of road network on economic growth  in Ethiopia. To do so, descriptive and econometric analyses  are utilized. From the descriptive analysis, the findings  indicate that the stock of road network is by now growing  at an encouraging pace. The government’s spending has  reached tenfold relative to what it was a decade ago. It  also reveals that donors are not following the footsteps of  the government in financing road projects. The issue of  rural accessibility still remains far from the desired  target level that the country needs to have. Regarding  community roads, both the management and accountancy is  weak, even to analyze its impact. Thus, the country needs  to do a lot to graduate to middle income country status in  terms of road network expansion, community road management  and administration, and improved accessibility. The  econometric analysis is based on time series data extending  from 1971-2009. Augmented Cobb-Douglas production function  is used to investigate the impact of roads on economic  growth. The model is estimated using a two-step efficient  GMM estimator. The findings reveal that the total road  network has significant growth-spurring impact. When the  network is disaggregated, asphalt road also has a positive  sectoral impact, but gravel roads fail to significantly  affect both overall and sectoral GDP growth, including  agricultural GDP. By way of recommendation, donors need to  strengthen their support on road financing, the government  needs to expand the road network with the aim of increasing  the current rural accessibility, and more attention has to  be given for community road management and accountancy.  Lastly, gravel road expansion has to be made to meet the  target level of the road network and simultaneously  ascertain rural accessibility, thereby improving  agricultural productivity and market access of the poor  rural population.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/258730},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.258730},
}