advancing theory of local development, with public infrastructure being one of its basic elements (factor of production). This … paper explores the importance of physical infrastructure for different economic activities, and thus offers theoretical … insights in two areas. First, this paper indicates the uneven weight of each infrastructure element for the various business …

This review examines the literature on the role of infrastructure in determining the productivity and competitiveness … of firms. It shows that the existing evidence base is clear in concluding that reliable and high-quality infrastructure …, water, and telecommunications systems increases firm-level productivity. It also shows that providing infrastructure per se …