"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 …

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 …

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 …