World Bank Research Digest, Vol. 13(3)

This issue focuses on Urbanization and Infrastructure Development and features the following articles:Building Sustainable Cities and Efficient Infrastructure; Who Benefits from Investments in Bus Rapid Transit Systems? Evidence from Colombia; Beyo...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/630091555524720254/Research-digest-newsletter-Vol-13-No-3
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31558
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Summary:This issue focuses on Urbanization and Infrastructure Development and features the following articles:Building Sustainable Cities and Efficient Infrastructure; Who Benefits from Investments in Bus Rapid Transit Systems? Evidence from Colombia; Beyond Faster Travel: Assessing the WiderEconomic Benefits of Transport Corridors; A Big Push or a Backwash? Economic Effects of Connecting a Hinterland; Highway Politics in Mexico; How Does the Shape of Latin American Cities AffectTheir Productivity? Getting to Jobs in Nairobi; Public Infrastructure and Structural Transformation; Buses, Houses, or Cash? Choices and Consequences in Reforming Public Transport Subsidies; Improving the Resilience of Peru’s Road Network to Climate Events; and The Vulnerability of Manufacturing Firms to Unreliable Water Infrastructure.