Infrastructure for rural productivity

Philippines infrastructure for rural productivity enhancement: Tools for identifying rural infrastructure investment priorities

Infrastructure development supports agricultural growth upon which much poverty reduction efforts depend. Infrastructure also directly impacts on poverty through improved access to facilities good and services.

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15 September 2006

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Infrastructure is an important element in agricultural production as it lowers costs of inputs, enlarges markets and facilitates trade. It raises the productivity of factors of production resulting in increased agricultural production and productivity.