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Decoding Economics: Who gains, who loses from building roads?

Manas Chakravarty   •

A World Bank paper that studied the impact of the Golden Quadrilateral on the growth of firms shows that while survival rates increase for all plants as a result of their proximity to the road network, it is the younger plants who fare better. Older plants, in contrast, stagnate or contract, because of the increased competition

If, as the authors say, it is the new plants set up in proximity to the highways that show the greatest promise, it implies a surge in entrepreneurship

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