Current Debates on Infrastructure Policy

This paper provides an overview of the major current debates on infrastructure policy. It reviews the evidence on the macroeconomic significance of the sector in terms of growth and poverty alleviation. It also discusses the major institutional deb...

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Main Authors:	Estache, Antonio, Fay, Marianne
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ACCESSIBILITY ACCOUNTING AGGLOMERATION AGGLOMERATION BENEFITS AMORTIZATION ARBITRAGE AVERAGE TARIFF BALANCE SHEET BENEFICIARIES BOTTLENECKS BRIDGE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS BUSES CAPITAL STOCK CAPITAL STOCKS CARS CASH FLOWS CLIMATE CHANGE CONCESSION CONCESSION CONTRACTS CONCESSIONS CONGESTION CONGESTION COSTS CONNECTION COSTS CONSUMER DEMAND CONTRACT AWARD COST OF CAPITAL COST RECOVERY COSTS OF TRANSPORT CROSS SUBSIDIES DEBT DECENTRALIZATION DEFICITS DELIVERY OF INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES DEREGULATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISBURSEMENTS DISPOSABLE INCOME DIVESTITURE DRIVERS DRIVING ECONOMETRIC APPROACHES ECONOMETRIC EVIDENCE ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MODELS ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY SERVICES EXTERNALITIES FINANCIAL BURDEN FINANCIAL CLOSURE FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS FISCAL CONSTRAINTS FISCAL POLICIES FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN EXCHANGE RISK GENERATION GENERATION CAPACITY GROWTH RATES HIGHWAY HIGHWAY NETWORK HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME GROWTH INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTORS INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION INFRASTRUCTURE REFORM INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPLY INFRASTRUCTURES INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY INTERNATIONAL ENERGY INVENTORY INVESTING INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT COSTS INVESTMENT DECISIONS INVESTMENT FINANCE LABOR MARKETS LANES LEASE CONTRACTS LEGAL TRADITION LICENSES LIVING STANDARD LOCAL ECONOMY MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES MAINTENANCE EXPENDITURES MINIMUM RATE OF RETURN MISSING MARKETS MOBILITY NETWORK EXTERNALITIES PASSENGER TRANSPORT POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL RISKS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POWER POWER PLANTS POWER SECTOR PRIVATE CAPITAL PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE INVESTORS PRIVATE OPERATORS PRIVATE PROVIDERS PRIVATE SECTOR PROVISIONS PUBLIC PUBLIC ENTERPRISES PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC MONOPOLIES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM PUBLIC SPENDING RAIL RAILWAY RAILWAYS RATES OF RETURN REAL EXCHANGE RATE RENEGOTIATION RENEGOTIATIONS RENTS RESERVES RESIDENTIAL USERS RETURNS RING ROADS RISK MITIGATION ROAD ROAD NETWORKS ROAD SECTOR ROADS SAFETY SANITATION SANITATION SERVICES SERVICE PROVIDERS SETTLEMENT STOCK DATA STOCK MARKET STOCKS TAX TAX REVENUE TAXATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRAFFIC TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TRAINS TRANSACTION TRANSPORT TRANSPORT CORRIDORS TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT IMPROVEMENTS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT NETWORK TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION EQUITY TRANSPORTATION EQUITY ACT URBAN POVERTY URBAN ROADS URBANIZATION UTILITIES WATER SERVICES
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