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Health Impacts of a Public–Private Partnership Rural Roads Maintenance Programme
Author(s) -
Chong Alberto,
Valdivia Martin
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of international development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1328
pISSN - 0954-1748
DOI - 10.1002/jid.3393
Subject(s) - externality , general partnership , business , public–private partnership , public health , economic growth , rural area , public economics , economics , finance , political science , medicine , microeconomics , nursing , law
We provide evidence of health impacts of a public–private rural roads maintenance programme in Peru, which is characterized by a contracting mechanism that employs small local firms. Using a difference‐in‐differences approach, we find that improved roads connectivity leads to positive health externalities. © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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