"Briceno, Estache, and Shafik review the evidence on the state of infrastructure in the developing world, emphasizing … to assess and monitor infrastructure needs and policies. This paper--a product of the Office of the Vice President …, Infrastructure Network--is part of a larger effort in the network to upgrade economic and policy work in infrastructure"--World Bank …

World Development Report 1994, the seventeenth in this annual series, examines the link between infrastructure and … development and explores ways in which developing countries can improve both the provision and the quality of infrastructure … services. In recent decades, developing countries have made substantial investments in infrastructure, achieving dramatic gains …

World Development Report 1994, the seventeenth in this annual series, examines the link between infrastructure and … development and explores ways in which developing countries can improve both the provision and the quality of infrastructure … services. In recent decades, developing countries have made substantial investments in infrastructure, achieving dramatic gains …

This report provides a gender review of a decade and a half of World Bank infrastructure lending for 1,246 projects …. The objective of this review is to assess the status of and trends in gender integration in the World Bank infrastructure … 2006 gender action plan. The portfolio review reveals important progress on gender integration in infrastructure operations …

Drawing on the World Bank's Private Participation in Infrastructure Project Database, this Note provides an overview of … private activity in infrastructure in developing countries between 1990 and 2000. Three main trends characterized that decade …: Private activity in infrastructure grew each year except 1998 and 1999. Most developing countries introduced some form of …

"Using panel data models, the author examines the threshold effects of the productivity of infrastructure investment in … particular, the productivity of infrastructure investment generally exhibits some network effects. When the available stock of … infrastructure is very low, investment in this sector has the same productivity as noninfrastructure investment. On the contrary …

reform, and oversight. Advanced information and communication infrastructure (ICI) are increasingly important to doing … investment, and ensure the continued evolution, and spread of information and communication infrastructure. These strategies …

for development of water, sanitation, and infrastructure projects in Latin America' workshop on November 23-25, 2009. This …