PublicDisclosureAuthorizedPolicyResearchWorkingPaper10730PublicDisclosureAuthorizedDoesAfricaNeedMoreRoadsintheDigitalAge?PublicDisclosureAuthorizedEvidenceofComplementaritiesinInfrastructureMathildeLebrandArcadyMongoueRolandPongouFanZhangPublicDisclosureAuthorizedInfrastructureChiefEconomistOfficeMarch2024PolicyResearchWorkingPaper10730Abstractbothinisolationandincombination.Thefindingsshowthatimprovingaccesstobothhaslargeandpositivecom-Thispaperinvestigateswhethertheexpansionoffastinternetplementaryeffects.Onaverage,theadditionalimpactsonnetworkscomplementsorsubstitutesforthedevelopmentemploymentfromcombiningaccesstobothtypesofinfra-ofroadstoimprovemarketaccessandcreatemoreandstructureare22percentlargerthanthesumoftheirisolatedhigher-skilledjobsinAfrica.Thepapercombinesthegeo-effects.Thefindingssuggestthatabigpushforcombinedgraphiclocationsofhouseholdsandfirmswiththelocationsinvestmentsinfastinternetandroadaccesscouldenhanceofmainroadsandoptical-fibernodesin25Sub-SaharaneconomicdevelopmentinAfricaoverall.FirmsandworkersAfricancountries.Usingthedifference-in-differencesandinurbanlocations,femaleworkers,andworkerswithhigherinstrumentalvariablesapproachesandleveragingthehis-levelsofeducationgainthemostfromthecomplementar-toryofpost-independenceroadbuildingandthetimingitiesthatemerge.ofthearrivalofsubmarineinte...
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