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Access to infrastructure supports economic development through both capital accumulation and structural transformation. This paper investigates the links between investments in electricity, Internet, and road infrastructure, in isolation and bundled, and economic development in the Horn of Africa, a region that includes countries with different levels of infrastructure and economic development. Using data on the expansion of the road, electricity, and Internet networks over the past two decades, it provides reduced-form estimates of the impacts of infrastructure investments on the sectoral composition of employment. Bundled infrastructure investments cause different patterns of structural transformation than isolated infrastructure investments. The impact of bundled road and electricity investments on reducing the sectoral employment share in agriculture is found to be 2.5 times larger than the impact of roads alone. The paper then uses a spatial general equilibrium model to quantify the impacts of future regional Transport investments, bundled with electricity and trade facilitation measures, on economic development in countries in the Horn of Africa.

Electricity --- General Equilibrium Model --- Infrastructure --- Infrastructure Economics --- Infrastructure Economics and Finance --- Infrastructure Investment --- Internet Access --- Road Infrastructure --- Roads and Highways --- Structural Transformation --- Transport --- Transport Corridor

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This Special Issue presents an in-depth analysis of transport research commissioned by the UK Department for International Development under the High Volume Transport Programme (2017-2023). The analysis done in the period 2018-2019 contributes to the UK response to improving transport in the low-income countries in Africa and South Asia. As a result, key priorities have been identified for applied research in 2020 to make road, rail and urban transport more efficient and affordable, and all transport greener, safer and more inclusive for all users. This applied research is a vital link in making transport a sustainable lifeline for people in low-income countries, because transport gives farmers and manufacturers access to domestic and international markets and people in rural and urban areas access to schools and health services.

Research & information: general --- capability plan --- low-income countries --- railways --- railway technical strategy --- South Asia --- Sub-Saharan Africa --- sustainability --- low-carbon transport --- sustainable mobility --- climate change strategies --- transport policy --- Paris Agreement --- gender --- transport --- accessibility --- smart city --- smart mobility --- low- and middle-income countries --- transport corridor --- transport infrastructure --- transport development impacts --- wider economic benefits --- corridor management --- transport costs --- passenger and freight --- road and railway --- Low Income Countries --- road --- materials --- recycling --- non-conventional --- risk --- design --- partnering --- ageing --- disability --- mobility --- older people --- poverty --- urban --- children --- Africa --- Asia --- youth voice --- school --- work --- road safety --- under-reporting --- best practices --- vulnerable groups --- injury severity --- road crash costing --- crash data --- capacity building --- people with disabilities --- inclusive transport --- high volume transport --- accessible transport --- accessible road and rail infrastructure --- efficient transport services --- transport corridors --- green transport --- low carbon transport --- disability and mobility --- gender disparity

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This Special Issue presents an in-depth analysis of transport research commissioned by the UK Department for International Development under the High Volume Transport Programme (2017-2023). The analysis done in the period 2018-2019 contributes to the UK response to improving transport in the low-income countries in Africa and South Asia. As a result, key priorities have been identified for applied research in 2020 to make road, rail and urban transport more efficient and affordable, and all transport greener, safer and more inclusive for all users. This applied research is a vital link in making transport a sustainable lifeline for people in low-income countries, because transport gives farmers and manufacturers access to domestic and international markets and people in rural and urban areas access to schools and health services.

Research & information: general --- capability plan --- low-income countries --- railways --- railway technical strategy --- South Asia --- Sub-Saharan Africa --- sustainability --- low-carbon transport --- sustainable mobility --- climate change strategies --- transport policy --- Paris Agreement --- gender --- transport --- accessibility --- smart city --- smart mobility --- low- and middle-income countries --- transport corridor --- transport infrastructure --- transport development impacts --- wider economic benefits --- corridor management --- transport costs --- passenger and freight --- road and railway --- Low Income Countries --- road --- materials --- recycling --- non-conventional --- risk --- design --- partnering --- ageing --- disability --- mobility --- older people --- poverty --- urban --- children --- Africa --- Asia --- youth voice --- school --- work --- road safety --- under-reporting --- best practices --- vulnerable groups --- injury severity --- road crash costing --- crash data --- capacity building --- people with disabilities --- inclusive transport --- high volume transport --- accessible transport --- accessible road and rail infrastructure --- efficient transport services --- transport corridors --- green transport --- low carbon transport --- disability and mobility --- gender disparity --- capability plan --- low-income countries --- railways --- railway technical strategy --- South Asia --- Sub-Saharan Africa --- sustainability --- low-carbon transport --- sustainable mobility --- climate change strategies --- transport policy --- Paris Agreement --- gender --- transport --- accessibility --- smart city --- smart mobility --- low- and middle-income countries --- transport corridor --- transport infrastructure --- transport development impacts --- wider economic benefits --- corridor management --- transport costs --- passenger and freight --- road and railway --- Low Income Countries --- road --- materials --- recycling --- non-conventional --- risk --- design --- partnering --- ageing --- disability --- mobility --- older people --- poverty --- urban --- children --- Africa --- Asia --- youth voice --- school --- work --- road safety --- under-reporting --- best practices --- vulnerable groups --- injury severity --- road crash costing --- crash data --- capacity building --- people with disabilities --- inclusive transport --- high volume transport --- accessible transport --- accessible road and rail infrastructure --- efficient transport services --- transport corridors --- green transport --- low carbon transport --- disability and mobility --- gender disparity