Reducing Poverty by Closing South Asia's Infrastructure Gap
Despite recent rapid growth and poverty reduction, the South Asia Region (SAR) continues to suffer from a combination of insufficient economic growth, slow urbanization, and huge infrastructure gaps that together could jeopardize future progress. I...
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okr-10986-178472021-04-23T14:03:40Z Reducing Poverty by Closing South Asia's Infrastructure Gap Andrés, Luis Biller, Dan Herrera Dappe, Matías ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE AGGLOMERATION AIR AIR POLLUTION AIRPORTS BARRIERS TO ENTRY BASIC SERVICES BOTTLENECKS CASH TRANSFERS CITIES CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNITIES CONCESSION CONCESSIONS COST RECOVERY COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS DEMAND FOR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT DEREGULATION DIESEL DISTRIBUTION GRID ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS ECONOMIC GROWTH ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY SECTOR ELECTRICITY SERVICES ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ENTRY BARRIERS EXTERNALITIES FINANCE INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCIAL BURDEN FREIGHT FREIGHT TRANSPORT FUELS GASOLINE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH RATES HUMAN CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PROJECTS INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INFRASTRUCTURES INSPECTION INTERNATIONAL ENERGY INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT REQUIREMENTS INVESTMENT TARGETS LEASE CONTRACT LEASE CONTRACTS LENGTH OF ROAD LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MAINTENANCE COSTS MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL TRANSPORT NATURAL MONOPOLY NETWORK EXTERNALITIES NETWORK PLANNING NETWORK SERVICES PETROLEUM GAS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POWER POWER DISTRIBUTION POWER PLANTS POWER SECTOR PRIVATE INVESTOR PRIVATE OPERATORS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION PUBLIC PUBLIC INVESTMENTS PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SAFETY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR INVESTMENT PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC UTILITIES PUBLIC WORKS RAIL RAILWAYS REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ROAD ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD NETWORK ROAD NETWORKS ROAD SECTOR ROADS SAFE WATER SUPPLY SANITATION SANITATION SERVICES SERVICE EXPANSION SERVICE LEVELS SERVICE PROVIDERS SOCIAL WELFARE SOLID WASTE COLLECTION STATE HIGHWAYS SUBDIVISIONS TAX TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT ACCESS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS TRUE URBAN HIGHWAY URBAN POOR URBANIZATION USER FEES WASTE WASTE COLLECTION WATER SERVICES Despite recent rapid growth and poverty reduction, the South Asia Region (SAR) continues to suffer from a combination of insufficient economic growth, slow urbanization, and huge infrastructure gaps that together could jeopardize future progress. It is also home to the largest pool of individuals living under the poverty line of any region, coupled with some of the fastest demographic growth rates of any region. Between 1990 and 2010, the number of people living on less than US$1.25 a day in South Asia decreased by only 18 percent, while the population grew by 42 percent. If South Asia hopes to meet its development goals and not risk slowing down, or even halting, growth and poverty alleviation, it is essential to make closing its huge infrastructure gap a priority. But the challenges on this front are monumental. Many people living in SAR remain unconnected to a reliable electrical grid, a safe water supply, sanitary sewerage disposal, and sound roads and transportation networks. This region requires significant infrastructure investment (roads, rails, power, water supply, sanitation, and telecommunications) not only to ensure basic service delivery and enhance the quality of life of its growing population, but also to avoid a possible binding constraint on economic growth owing to the substantial infrastructure gap. 2014-04-16T16:56:12Z 2014-04-16T16:56:12Z 2013-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/12/19330904/reducing-poverty-closing-south-asias-infrastructure-gap http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17847 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia South Asia |
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ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE AGGLOMERATION AIR AIR POLLUTION AIRPORTS BARRIERS TO ENTRY BASIC SERVICES BOTTLENECKS CASH TRANSFERS CITIES CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNITIES CONCESSION CONCESSIONS COST RECOVERY COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS DEMAND FOR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT DEREGULATION DIESEL DISTRIBUTION GRID ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS ECONOMIC GROWTH ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY SECTOR ELECTRICITY SERVICES ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ENTRY BARRIERS EXTERNALITIES FINANCE INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCIAL BURDEN FREIGHT FREIGHT TRANSPORT FUELS GASOLINE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH RATES HUMAN CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PROJECTS INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INFRASTRUCTURES INSPECTION INTERNATIONAL ENERGY INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT REQUIREMENTS INVESTMENT TARGETS LEASE CONTRACT LEASE CONTRACTS LENGTH OF ROAD LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MAINTENANCE COSTS MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL TRANSPORT NATURAL MONOPOLY NETWORK EXTERNALITIES NETWORK PLANNING NETWORK SERVICES PETROLEUM GAS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POWER POWER DISTRIBUTION POWER PLANTS POWER SECTOR PRIVATE INVESTOR PRIVATE OPERATORS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION PUBLIC PUBLIC INVESTMENTS PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SAFETY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR INVESTMENT PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC UTILITIES PUBLIC WORKS RAIL RAILWAYS REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ROAD ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD NETWORK ROAD NETWORKS ROAD SECTOR ROADS SAFE WATER SUPPLY SANITATION SANITATION SERVICES SERVICE EXPANSION SERVICE LEVELS SERVICE PROVIDERS SOCIAL WELFARE SOLID WASTE COLLECTION STATE HIGHWAYS SUBDIVISIONS TAX TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT ACCESS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS TRUE URBAN HIGHWAY URBAN POOR URBANIZATION USER FEES WASTE WASTE COLLECTION WATER SERVICES |
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South Asia South Asia |
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Despite recent rapid growth and poverty
reduction, the South Asia Region (SAR) continues to suffer
from a combination of insufficient economic growth, slow
urbanization, and huge infrastructure gaps that together
could jeopardize future progress. It is also home to the
largest pool of individuals living under the poverty line of
any region, coupled with some of the fastest demographic
growth rates of any region. Between 1990 and 2010, the
number of people living on less than US$1.25 a day in South
Asia decreased by only 18 percent, while the population grew
by 42 percent. If South Asia hopes to meet its development
goals and not risk slowing down, or even halting, growth and
poverty alleviation, it is essential to make closing its
huge infrastructure gap a priority. But the challenges on
this front are monumental. Many people living in SAR remain
unconnected to a reliable electrical grid, a safe water
supply, sanitary sewerage disposal, and sound roads and
transportation networks. This region requires significant
infrastructure investment (roads, rails, power, water
supply, sanitation, and telecommunications) not only to
ensure basic service delivery and enhance the quality of
life of its growing population, but also to avoid a possible
binding constraint on economic growth owing to the
substantial infrastructure gap. |
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Publications & Research :: Working Paper |
| author |
Andrés, Luis Biller, Dan Herrera Dappe, Matías |
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Andrés, Luis Biller, Dan Herrera Dappe, Matías |
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Andrés, Luis |
| title |
Reducing Poverty by Closing South Asia's Infrastructure Gap |
| title_short |
Reducing Poverty by Closing South Asia's Infrastructure Gap |
| title_full |
Reducing Poverty by Closing South Asia's Infrastructure Gap |
| title_fullStr |
Reducing Poverty by Closing South Asia's Infrastructure Gap |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Reducing Poverty by Closing South Asia's Infrastructure Gap |
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reducing poverty by closing south asia's infrastructure gap |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
| publishDate |
2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/12/19330904/reducing-poverty-closing-south-asias-infrastructure-gap http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17847 |
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