Rural Access Index (RAI)

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    The Rural Access Index (RAI) measures the proportion of the rural population who live within 2 km of an all-season road. It is included in the Sustainable Development Goals as indicator 9.1.1., providing a way of measuring progress towards Goal 9 and Target 9.1. Originally developed by the World Bank in 2006, the RAI is among the most important global development indicators in the transport sector, providing a strong, clearly understandable and conceptually consistent indicator across countries. Although the underlying methodology has been recently updated to leverage additional sources of data, the RAI remains the most widely accepted metric for tracking access to transport in rural areas.

    Type: 
    Time Series
    Acronym: 
    RAI
    Languages Supported: 
    English
    External Contact Email: 
    [email protected]
    Topics: 
    Agriculture and Food Security
    Transport
    Tags: 
    Transport Data
    Roads
    Inter urban transport
    Granularity: 
    National
    Subnational
    Geographical Coverage: 
    World
    East Asia & Pacific
    Europe & Central Asia
    Latin America & Caribbean
    Middle East & North Africa
    North America
    South Asia
    Sub-Saharan Africa
    Economy Coverage: 
    Blend
    High Income
    IBRD
    IDA
    Low Income
    Lower Middle Income
    Upper Middle Income
    Periodicity: 
    Periodicity not specified
    Temporal Coverage: 
    2006 - 2019
    Release Date: 
    August 30, 2010

    Last Updated

    Last Updated: 
    April 23, 2020

    Update Frequency

    Update Frequency: 
    No fixed schedule
    Access Options:
    Download
    Source Type: 
    Government Agency
    World Bank Group
    Source: 

    Rural Access Index, World Bank Group

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    Rural Access Index (RAI) Supplemental Guidelines (ReCAP Publication)

    This document contains supplemental guidelines to the 2016 RAI methodology (World Bank, 2016). These supplemental guidelines contain detailed, step-by-step procedures for calculation, documentation and publication of RAI (SDG 9.1.1) for a country. They follow the key tenets of the 2016 methodology, emphasizing the involvement of National Statistical Offices (NSOs) and government agencies in the process, and providing transparency and consistency in how the RAI is calculated. These guidelines also provide an alternative approach to the ‘all-season’ aspect of RAI for instances of limited data availability, by focusing on the intended purpose of the road network and the changing risks of accessibility to that network, rather than relying on physical measurements of road condition.

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    The Rural Access Index (RAI) measures the proportion of the rural population who live within 2 km of an all-season road. It is included in the Sustainable Development Goals as indicator 9.1.1., providing a way of measuring progress towards Goal 9 and Target 9.1. Originally developed by the World Bank in 2006, the RAI is among the most important global development indicators in the transport sector, providing a strong, clearly understandable and conceptually consistent indicator across countries. Although the underlying methodology has been recently updated to leverage additional sources of data, the RAI remains the most widely accepted metric for tracking access to transport in rural areas.

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    Transport Data
    Roads
    Inter urban transport
    FieldValue
    Modified Date
    2020-11-10
    Release Date
    Periodicity
    Periodicity not specified
    Identifier
    90a34ea4-8a5c-11e6-ae22-56b6b64043
    Temporal Coverage

    2006 - 2019
    License
    License Not Specified
    Rating: 
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    Acronym: 
    RAI
    Type: 
    Time Series
    Languages Supported: 
    English
    Economy Coverage: 
    Blend
    High Income
    IBRD
    IDA
    Low Income
    Lower Middle Income
    Upper Middle Income
    Terms of Use: 
    Open Data Access
    Update Frequency: 
    No fixed schedule
    Is this dataset a subscription: 
    No
    Update Schedule: 
    No fixed schedule
    Geographical Coverage: 
    World
    East Asia & Pacific
    Europe & Central Asia
    Latin America & Caribbean
    Middle East & North Africa
    North America
    South Asia
    Sub-Saharan Africa
    Data Classification of a Dataset: 
    Public
    Source Type: 
    Government Agency
    World Bank Group
    Start Date: 
    Sunday, January 1, 2006
    End Date: 
    Tuesday, December 31, 2019
    IAF
    Programatic Region: 
    East Asia & Pacific
    Europe & Central Asia
    Latin America & Caribbean
    Middle East & North Africa
    North America
    South Asia
    Sub-Saharan Africa
    World
    Release Date: 
    Monday, August 30, 2010
    Last Updated Date: 
    Thursday, April 23, 2020
    External Contact Email: 
    [email protected]
    Granularity: 
    National
    Subnational
    Citation Text: 
    Rural Access Index, World Bank Group
    Modified date: 
    18374
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    Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    Primary Dataset: 
    Yes
    Source: 

    Rural Access Index, World Bank Group

    Source: 

    Rural Access Index, World Bank Group

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