Adequate and well-functioning infrastructure is a key ingredient to growth and well-being. The benefits to activity of … accumulation. Good infrastructure facilitates trade, bolsters market integration and competition, fosters the dissemination of … other markets. Nevertheless, Australia has an important infrastructure deficit. This is in part due to underinvestment in …

in the informal sector, where workers are not covered by social security arrangements.<P> Productivity of the … labour regulations. Land acquisition is slow, companies face frequent power outages and transport infrastructure is below par …. This is especially harmful as manufacturing is highly reliant on well-functioning infrastructure.<P> Stronger manufacturing …

Australia’s productivity growth has decelerated markedly around the turn of the century. Part of the decline is … probably temporary, but raising multifactor productivity is key to ensure that living standards continue to grow strongly … productivityenhancing effects of infrastructure could be boosted by more effective and strategic planning, new sources of funding, and …

labour productivity, which in turn is related to economic geography as well as structural policy factors. The small size and … groundwork for creating this advantage and for a pick-up in productivity growth. But in recent years, New Zealand has lost ground … regulation. Policies should be refocused around the productivity goal in a number of areas, beginning with those covered in this …

This paper investigates the role played by deregulation on firms’ investment decisions in infrastructure sectors. The ….<P>La déréglementation favorise-t-elle les investissements en infrastructure? : Analyse basée sur les entreprises des pays de l …

Brazil under-invested in infrastructure for over three decades, and infrastructure investment rates have come up only … slowly since 2007. Infrastructure needs are sizeable in almost all sectors. It is likely that at its current stage of … development the country will benefit from large pay-offs from infrastructure spending. Against this background, the Brazilian …

traffic and the unreliability of travel time. Expanding infrastructure can potentially solve such problems, albeit only in the … existing infrastructure, more efficient public transport and better demand management. In this light the Dutch government … doit donc être recherchée dans la rationalisation de l’utilisation de l’infrastructure existante, l’amélioration des …

Indonesia.s infrastructure is in poor shape, having suffered from protracted under-investment since the Asian financial ….oecd.org/eco/surveys/Indonesia).<P>Relever le défi de l'infrastructure en Indonésie<BR>L.infrastructure indonesienne est en mauvais etat, ce qui tient au sous …

coming decade or so. Indeed, the operating environment for private business remains challenging. While infrastructure is … chiffres sur la decennie a venir. En effet, l'environnement dans lequel operent les entreprises privees reste difficile. Si l'infrastructure …