Bicycle poverty reduction
Bicycle poverty reduction is the concept that access to bicycles and the transportation infrastructure to support them can dramatically reduce poverty.[1][2][3][4] This has been demonstrated in various pilot projects in South Asia and Africa.[5][6][7] Experiments done in Africa (Uganda and Tanzania) and Sri Lanka on hundreds of households have shown that a bicycle can increase the income of a poor family by as much as 35%.[5][8][9] Transport, if analyzed for the cost-benefit analysis for rural poverty alleviation, has given one of the best returns in this regard. For example, road investments in India were a staggering 3–10 times more effective than almost all other investments and subsidies in rural economy in the decade of the 1990s. What a road does at a macro level to increase transport, the bicycle supports at the micro level. The bicycle, in that sense, can be one of the best means to eradicate poverty in poor nations.
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A man uses a bicycle to carry goods in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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A man hauling coconuts fiber doormats in Indonesia
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A man hauling material with a bicycle in Vietnam
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A bicycle hauling coconuts
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A man hauling scrap by bicycle in China
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A man delivering water by bicycle in Nanjing, China
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Farmers hauling corn stalks by bicycle in southeast Asia
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Bicycle Boda Boda in Uganda
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Hauling firewood by bicycle in Moshi, Tanzania
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Distributing bread by bicycle near Lake Tanganyika in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Cracker vender bicycle (sepeda karak) in North Jakarta, Indonesia
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Sewing machine bicycle (sepeda penjahit) in Jakarta, Indonesia
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Water transportation by bicycle in Jakarta, Indonesia
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Girls going to school by bicycle in Saigon, Veitnam
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Children returning home from school by bicycle in Xiazhai, China
See also
- Baisikeli Ugunduzi
- Bamboo Bike Project
- Bikes Not Bombs
- Bikes to Rwanda
- BikeTown Africa
- Pedaling to Freedom
- With My Own Two Wheels
- World Bicycle Relief
- Working Bikes
References
- ↑ Annie Lowrey (April 30, 2013). "Is It Crazy to Think We Can Eradicate Poverty?". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-08-06.
- ↑ Nicholas D. Kristof (April 12, 2010). "A Bike for Abel". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-08-06.
- ↑ Fred P. Hochberg (January 5, 2002). "Practical Help for Afghans". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-08-06.
- ↑ "Our Impact". Bicycles Against Poverty. Retrieved 2013-08-07.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Bicycle: The Unnoticed Potential". BicyclePotential.org. Retrieved 2013-08-06.
- ↑ "How can the bicycle assist in poverty eradication and social development in Africa?". International Bicycle Fund. Retrieved 2013-08-06.
- ↑ "Pedal Powered Hope Project (PPHP)". Bikes Without Borders. Retrieved 2013-08-06.
- ↑ Niklas Sieber (1998). "Appropriate Transportation and Rural Development in Makete District, Tanzania" (PDF). Journal of Transport Geography 6 (1): 69–73. doi:10.1016/S0966-6923(97)00040-9. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
- ↑ "Project Tsunami Report Confirms The Power of Bicycle". World Bicycle Relief. Retrieved 9 July 2011.