Highlights This paper explores gendered household impacts of rural road investments in Ghana. A quasi-experimental and participatory methods were adopted along selected road corridors. Embedded socio-economic benefits to rural men and women, not in literature, are revealed. Rural transport infrastructure and services give more benefits to women than largely reported. For sustained impacts of rural roads, gender must be re-negotiated and properly understood.

    Abstract Many African governments claim that substantial proportions of development budgets are spent on transport infrastructure. However, physical access and mobility continue to be a challenge for rural dwellers. Several studies have attempted to establish the impact of such investments, using quantitative approaches, which are largely impersonal and have little or no direct personal impacts expressed by households. This paper explores household impacts of rural road investments under the Road Sector Development Project (RSDP) implemented by the Government of Ghana between 2002 and 2008. Based on a quasi-experimental design under the “with-and-without” framework together with qualitative and participatory methods, the gendered impacts of the RSDP were assessed in selected communities along both “experimental” and “control” road corridors. The study reveals that transport needs and travel patterns in the selected communities are gendered; because they were differentiated for men and women. The paper also reveals the embedded social and economic benefits rural men and women derive from improved access. For sustained impacts of rural road investments on residents; the issue of gender must be re-negotiated and properly understood.


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    Title :

    Gender disparities in rural accessibility and mobility in Ghana


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2019-12-29


    Size :

    10 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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