MertKompil,JingyuGao,YueLi,AbhinavNarayananandJiaqiSu*AbstractCountriesaimtodevelopandmaintainefficienttransportinfrastructuretoconnectregionsandmakesettlementsaccessible.Obviously,anareathatisbetterconnectedandmoreaccessiblehashigherpotentialtoreachsocialandeconomicactivities,andismorelikelytoparticipateinglobalvaluechains.ThisstudymeasuresroadtransportperformanceinIndiausingatransportassessmentframeworkrecentlyimplementedinEuropeanUnioncountries.ItisthefirsttimetheframeworkisappliedtoanAsiancountryatafinespatialgranularity.ThestudyfindsthatperformancevariesconsiderablyacrossmajorIndianstates.MumbaiandDelhimetropolitanareasareonparwithEuropeancities,butthemajorityofthesubdistrictsarefarbehind.Italsoshowsthaturbanareasofsomestatesunderperformruralareasofotherstates,whichdiffersfromthepatterninEuropeandcontradictsconventionalwisdom.Finally,thestudyalsoappliestheframeworktosimulatetheimpactoftheGujaratRuralRoadsprojectandthepotentialeffectsofconnectingtheplannedDholera(Gujarat)airportthroughdifferentroadinvestmentprojects.AcknowledgementsTheauthorsarewiththeEconomicsDepartmentattheAsianInfrastructureInvestmentBank(AIIB).Thestudyispartofthedepartment’sSpatialEconomicAnalysisInitiative.ItdoesnotrepresenttheviewofAIIBorthatofitsBoardofDirectors.TheresearchgreatlybenefitedfromguidanceandencouragementbyErikBerglofandJangpingThia.TheauthorsarealsogratefultoLewisDijkstraandHugoPoelmanfortheirusefulcommentsandsuggestions.*MertKompil:Consultant,AIIB.Email:consultant.m.kompil@aiib.org(correspondingauthor1)JingyuGao:EconomicAssociate,AIIB.Email:jingyu.gao@aiib.org(correspondingauthor2)YueLi:SeniorEconomist,AIIB.Email:yue.li@aiib.orgAbhinavNarayanan:Economist,AIIB.Email:abhinav.narayanan@aiib.orgJiaqiSu:EconomicAnalyst.Email:jiaqi.su@aiib.org©AsianInfrastructureInvestmentBank(AIIB).2023.CCBY-NC-ND3.0IGO.Somerightsreserved.TheAsianInfrastructureInvestmentBank(AIIB)usesaCreativeCommonslicenseforallintellectualpropertycontainedinthisworkexceptwherespecified.Copyrightdesignation...
