McCutcheon, R. T.2016-04-192016-04-192001Municipal Engineer 145(4): 273-2840965-09031751-7699http://hdl.handle.net/10919/69156Metadata only recordEmployment-intensive methods of public works construction have been found to be a cost-effective approach to both construct a variety of civil works and create employment. In sub-Saharan Africa, employment-intensive methods have been used primarily on low-standard (low-cost, low-traffic volume) rural roads. However, these methods could also be used for high-standard, high-traffic roads, without increasing cost or time, or decreasing quality.text/plainen-USIn CopyrightRural developmentSocial impactsTransportation infrastructureDeveloping countriesInfrastructure planningSocial impactsGovernanceAbstractCopyright 2009 thomas Telford Publishing Ltd