Infrastructure and Growth in Developing Countries : Recent Advances and Research Challenges

This paper presents a survey of recent research on the economics of infrastructure in developing countries. Energy, transport, telecommunications, water and sanitation are considered. The survey covers two main set of issues: the linkages between i...

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Main Author:	Straub, Stéphane
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESSIBILITY ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY AGGLOMERATION AGGLOMERATION EFFECTS AGRICULTURE AIRPORTS ALLOCATION ARBITRAGE ASSET PRICES CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL EXPENDITURE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL STOCK COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES CONGESTION CONGESTION COSTS CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CONSUMERS CONVICTION COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS DEGREE OF AGGLOMERATION DEREGULATION DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DIMINISHING RETURNS DISTRIBUTIONAL CONSEQUENCES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OUTCOMES ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS OF INFRASTRUCTURE ECONOMIES OF SCALE EFFICIENCY OF INFRASTRUCTURE ELASTICITY ELECTRICITY GENERATORS EQUILIBRIUM EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FACTORS OF PRODUCTION FINANCIAL MARKETS FIXED COSTS FORMS OF REGULATION FREIGHT FUEL FUEL PRICE FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GENERATION GINI COEFFICIENT GOOD TRANSPORT GROWTH MODEL GROWTH MODELS GROWTH RATE GROWTH THEORY HIGH TRANSPORT HUMAN CAPITAL IMPERFECT COMPETITION INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME LEVELS INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INDUSTRIALIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS INFRASTRUCTURE POLICIES INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING INFRASTRUCTURES INVENTORY INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT IN ROADS LAND TRANSPORT LAND USE LATIN AMERICAN LOCAL ROADS LOCAL TRANSPORT MAINTENANCE EXPENDITURES MARKET ACCESS MOBILITY MOTORWAY NETWORK NETWORK EXTERNALITIES NETWORK UPGRADING POLITICAL ECONOMY POLLUTION POPULATION GROWTH POSITIVE EFFECTS PRIVATE CAPITAL PRIVATE OPERATORS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC INVESTMENT QUALITY OF TRANSPORT RAILROAD RAILROADS RAILWAYS REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE REGIONAL TRANSPORT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RENTS RETURNS TO SCALE ROAD ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD NETWORK ROAD QUALITY ROAD SECTOR ROAD TRANSPORT ROADS ROUTES RURAL ROADS SANITATION SAVINGS SPECIALIZATION STOCKS TAX TAXATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADE-OFF TRAFFIC TRANSIT TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT DATA TRANSPORT INDUSTRY TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGY TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TRAVEL TIME TRUCKS TRUE URBAN ECONOMICS WAGES WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
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Infrastructure and Growth in Developing Countries : Recent Advances and Research Challenges

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