Rural accessibility is the only metric used in the Sustainable Development Goals to track progress toward better transport services in low- and middle-income countries. This paper estimates the rural accessibility index, defined as the proportion of the rural population who live within 2...

Poverty is a global issue of great proportions as billions of individual reside in extreme poverty. The United Nations has made efforts and strides to effectively fight poverty, however, their current efforts have been insufficient. Social developers have been engaging in institutionalizing of...