"Empirical explorations of the growth and productivity impacts of infrastructure have been characterized by ambiguous … indirect) channels of influence between infrastructure and productivity improvements. The authors explore these possibilities … of infrastructure on labor productivity, and the indirect impact of infrastructure on total factor productivity. "--World …

"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 …

and total factor productivity growth in small and large states in the South. There are three main findings. First …, productivity growth increases with North-South trade-related technology diffusion and education and the interaction between the two … their interaction on productivity growth in small states is more than three times that for large countries, with the …

"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 …

chapters examine how productivity enhancing programs, skills and technology, have performed in Malaysia. The diagnosis is based …

efficiency and effectiveness of such investments. The report concludes that Peru should focus on: prioritizing infrastructure … investments through improved planning, promoting efficiency in infrastructure delivery, enhancing sub-national governments …This report provided the Government of Peru with a comprehensive strategic assessment of three key infrastructure …

efficiency and effectiveness of such investments. The report concludes that Peru should focus on: prioritizing infrastructure … investments through improved planning, promoting efficiency in infrastructure delivery, enhancing sub-national governments …This report provided the Government of Peru with a comprehensive strategic assessment of three key infrastructure …

"Infrastructure projects are often technically complicated and highly customized. Therefore, procurement competition … tends to be limited. Competition is the single most important factor toward auction efficiency and anti-corruption. However … suggests that quality is of particular importance in large infrastructure projects and auctioneers cannot easily substitute …