Assessing the Impact of Infrastructure Quality on Firm Productivity in Africa : Cross-Country Comparisons Based on Investment Climate Surveys from 1999 to 2005

This paper provides a systematic, empirical assessment of the impact of infrastructure quality on the total factor productivity (TFP) of African manufacturing firms. This measure is understood to include quality in the provision of customs clearanc...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Escribano, Alvaro, Guasch, J. Luis, Pena, Jorge
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ADVERSE EFFECTS AFFORDABILITY OF INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES AIR AIR TRANSPORT ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY BENCHMARK BOOK VALUE BOTTLENECKS BUSINESS INDICATORS CAPITAL STOCK COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY COMPETITIVE MARKETS COMPETITIVE PRODUCTS COMPETITIVENESS CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CUSTOM CUSTOMER DEMANDS CUSTOMS CUSTOMS CLEARANCE DEFLATORS DEPRECIATION RATE DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DRIVERS E-BUSINESSES E-MAIL ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMETRIC METHODOLOGY ECONOMETRIC RESULTS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC FACTORS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMICS ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY GENERATORS ELECTRICITY SUPPLY EMPLOYMENT EQUIPMENT EXPECTED RETURNS EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORTS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS FUEL FUNCTIONAL FORMS GDP GDP PER CAPITA GEOGRAPHICAL AREA GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS GLOBAL ECONOMY GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HUMAN CAPITAL ICT IMPACT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS IMPERFECT INFORMATION INCOME LEVELS INEFFICIENCY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE COST INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING INNOVATION INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL STANDARD INVENTORY INVESTMENT CLIMATE LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR RELATIONS LICENSE LICENSES MANUFACTURING MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY MARKET CONDITIONS MARKET SHARE MARKET SHARES MARKETING MISSING VALUES MONOPOLIES PER CAPITA INCOME PERFORMANCE MEASURES PERFORMANCE OF GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCES PHONE CONNECTION PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PORT INFRASTRUCTURE POWER PRIVATE CAPITAL PRIVATE INVESTMENTS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE QUALITY OF TRANSPORTATION R&AMP;D RAILROAD RAILWAYS REAL WAGES REGRESSION ANALYSES REGRESSION ANALYSIS RESULT RESULTS ROADS SANITATION SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS SUPPLIERS TAX TAX INCENTIVES TELECOM TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE TELEPHONE TELEPHONE LINES TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE SERVICES TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSIT TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TRUE USES WAGES WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/01/11699361/assessing-impact-infrastructure-quality-firm-productivity-africa-cross-country-comparisons-based-investment-climate-surveys-1999-2005 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19901