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"The goal of the paper is to provide a comprehensive assessment of the impact of infrastructure development on growth … the impact on per capita growth of faster accumulation of infrastructure stocks and of enhancement in the quality of … infrastructure services for 39 African countries in three key infrastructure sectors: telecommunications, electricity, and roads …
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"Empirical explorations of the growth and productivity impacts of infrastructure have been characterized by ambiguous … infrastructure overprovision, simultaneity between infrastructure provision and growth, and the possibility of multiple (hence … indirect) channels of influence between infrastructure and productivity improvements. The authors explore these possibilities …
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"Calderán and Serven provide an empirical evaluation of the impact of infrastructure development on economic growth and … include, among the regressors, infrastructure quantity and quality indicators, in addition to standard controls. To account … for the potential endogeneity of infrastructure (as well as that of other regressors), the authors use a variety of …
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This report provided the Government of Peru with a comprehensive strategic assessment of three key infrastructure … have been able to accelerate public investments in infrastructure but little thinking has been dedicated to improving the … efficiency and effectiveness of such investments. The report concludes that Peru should focus on: prioritizing infrastructure …
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This report provided the Government of Peru with a comprehensive strategic assessment of three key infrastructure … have been able to accelerate public investments in infrastructure but little thinking has been dedicated to improving the … efficiency and effectiveness of such investments. The report concludes that Peru should focus on: prioritizing infrastructure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012557382
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infrastructure and digitally enabled services in Myanmar. Internet restrictions have also had important implications on household …
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"The authors use a panel-data set for the period 1980-2002 to estimate demand for electricity and telecommunications services and project investment needs in South Africa through 2010 for two growth scenarios. Projections of average annual investment needs in electricity and telecommunications...
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This paper outlines the role of government in infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in the telecommunication … industry in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It also summarizes the state of Congo's telecommunication infrastructure, the …
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of facilities, and help to mobilize private capital which in turn speeds up the delivery of public infrastructure. Along … with power and transportation infrastructure projects, telecommunication figures among the most growing area in PPP … challenges, this paper also summarizes the achievements in Congo's economic infrastructure sector, the risks allocated to the …
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