Infrastructure Gap in South Asia : Infrastructure Needs, Prioritization, and Financing

If the South Asia region hopes to meet its development goals and not risk slowing down or even halting growth, poverty alleviation, and shared prosperity, it is essential to make closing its huge infrastructure gap a priority. Identifying and addre...

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Main Authors:	Andres, Luis, Biller, Dan, Herrera Dappe, Matias
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING AGGLOMERATION AGGLOMERATION EFFECTS AGRICULTURE AIRPORTS BARRIERS TO ENTRY BENCHMARK BENCHMARKING BOTTLENECKS BRIDGE CLIMATE CHANGE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES CONCESSION CONCESSION PROJECTS CONCESSIONS CONSUMER WELFARE CONSUMPTION INCREASES CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS COST RECOVERY COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS DECENTRALIZATION DECISION MAKING DEFICITS DEMAND FOR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT DEREGULATION DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIESEL DISTRIBUTION GRID DIVESTITURE DONOR AGENCIES DRIVING ECONOMETRIC MODELS ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS ECONOMIC DIMENSION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC GROWTH RATES ECONOMIC LOSS ECONOMIC MODELS ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMIC STRUCTURE ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EFFICIENCY OF INFRASTRUCTURE ELASTICITY ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY SECTOR ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ENTRY BARRIERS EXTERNALITIES FINANCIAL BURDEN FINANCIAL CLOSURE FINANCIAL OPTIONS FOSSIL FUELS FREIGHT FREIGHT TRANSPORT GASOLINE GDP GDP PER CAPITA GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH MODEL GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HIGHWAY HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PROJECTS INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS INFRASTRUCTURE PERFORMANCE INFRASTRUCTURE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INFRASTRUCTURES INTERNATIONAL ENERGY INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERSTATE TRANSPORT INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT COSTS INVESTMENT REQUIREMENTS INVESTMENT TARGETS JOINT VENTURE LEASE CONTRACT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MAINTENANCE COSTS MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET ACCESS MOBILITY MOTOR VEHICLES NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL TRANSPORT NATURAL MONOPOLY NATURAL RESOURCES NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES NETWORK EXTERNALITIES NETWORK PLANNING OPEN ACCESS ORGANIZATIONAL FORM ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OUTSOURCING PARTIAL DIVESTITURE POLITICAL ECONOMY POLLUTION POOR HOUSEHOLDS PORT AUTHORITY POWER POWER DISTRIBUTION POWER PLANTS POWER SECTOR PRICE REGULATION PRIVATE OPERATORS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENTS PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION PRIVATE VEHICLE PRIVATIZATION PUBLIC PUBLIC CONTRACTS PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC INVESTMENTS PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SAFETY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR INVESTMENT PUBLIC SPENDING PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC UTILITIES RAIL RAIL NETWORK RAILWAYS REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RENTS RETURNS TO SCALE ROAD ROAD NETWORK ROAD NETWORKS ROAD SECTOR ROADS SAFE WATER SUPPLY SALES TAXES SANITATION SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICE PROVIDERS SHADOW TOLLS SLUMS SOCIAL WELFARE SOLID WASTE COLLECTION STATE HIGHWAYS STOCKS STRUCTURAL CHANGE TAX TAX REVENUES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TERMINAL OPERATORS TOLLS TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP TRANSMISSION LINES TRANSPORT TRANSPORT ACCESS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT INVESTMENT TRANSPORT INVESTMENTS TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM URBAN HIGHWAY URBAN POVERTY URBAN SPRAWL URBANIZATION USER CHARGES VALUATION WATER SERVICES WEALTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/09/20210647/infrastructure-gap-south-asia-infrastructure-needs-prioritization-financing http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20327