02289cas a2200337 a 4500 AALejournalIMF022697 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 20.00 USD 9798400210440 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Moszoro, Marian. Road Quality and Mean Speed Score / Marian Moszoro, Mauricio Soto. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2022. 1 online resource (34 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students We introduce a novel measure of cross-country road quality based on the travel mean speed between large cities from Google Maps. This measure is useful to assess road infrastructure and access gaps. Our Mean Speed (MS) score is easier to estimate and update than traditional gauges of road network quality which rely on official reports, surveys (i.e., World Economic Forum's Quality of Roads Perception survey), or satellite imaging (i.e., World Bank's Rural Access Index). In a sample of over 160 countries, we find that MS scores range between 38 km/h (23.6 mph) and 107 km/h (66.5 mph). We show that the MS score is a strong proxy for road quality and access. Mode of access: Internet Economic Development imf Housing imf National Government Expenditures and Related Policies imf Other Public Investment and Capital Stock imf Railroads and Other Surface Transportation imf Soto, Mauricio. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2022/095 Full text available on IMF https://elibrary.imf.org/openurl?genre=journal&issn=1018-5941&volume=2022&issue=095 IMF e-Library Full text available on IMF https://elibrary.imf.org/openurl?genre=journal&issn=1018-5941&volume=2022&issue=096 IMF e-Library Full text available on IMF https://elibrary.imf.org/openurl?genre=journal&issn=1934-7685&volume=2022&issue=144 IMF e-Library