Endnotes

¹The poverty lines shown on the horizontal axes of Figures 14 to 17 are the natural logarithms of these values.

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1. Ahmad Raza Khan
   (posted 28 November 2008 / 02:15:56 PM)
   
   It is very impressive and one can learn from the report and implement these findings in our own country. I am from Pakistan where the major portion of population lives in rural areas. The road network in Pakistan is not impressive especially in rural areas the situation is even more worse.
   by building road infrastructure and improving the alread existing , we can change the lives of people.
   
2. Arounyadeth
   (posted 22 October 2008 / 08:38:37 PM)
   
   Road is very important for development in Laos as many studies suggested. However, the project from ADB or other donors mostly concentrate on East-West road network. So far, North-South road network has been mostly untapped, except some maintenance project for route 13. However, the study on direct link road from North-South should be studied, because North-South regions hold comparative advantages, which they could trade to each other, e.g. livestock and paddy. I really hope that there will be more studying on this matter.
3. Karel Martens
   (posted 29 June 2007 / 05:44:52 PM)
   
   It is important to note that roads will only alleviate poverty if it goes together with a transport service that is accessible for the poor. The expectation that roads alleviate poverty is based on the assumption that some form of para-transit will be available to travel with or without goods.
   In current circumstances, such services will most likely be provided by the market. However, as affluence increases, so will car ownership, and the same roads build to alleviate poverty, may become instruments to increase the gaps between those with and those without cars.
   it is therefore important to stress what is alleviating poverty: not the roads as such but the transport service it provides to the poor. By focusing on the transport service rather than roads the proper link between poverty alleviation and accessibility is made.