of infrastructure on labor productivity, and the indirect impact of infrastructure on total factor productivity. "--World …"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 …

Three billion people will be added to the world's population over the next 50 years and 2.8 billion people today …

Three billion people will be added to the world's population over the next 50 years and 2.8 billion people today …

Three billion people will be added to the world ' s population over the next 50 years and 2.8 billion people today … integrally with economic growth. Now in its 25th edition, this year ' s World Development Report examines, over a 50 year period …, and protecting the environment. The World Development Report 2003 emphasizes that many good policies have been identified …

drives growth by encouraging investment and higher productivity. Various infrastructure, finance, security, competition and …"This paper surveys the recent literature which examines the impact of business climate variables on productivity and … 100 countries around the world. The literature that has analyzed this data provides evidence that a good business climate …

"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 …

of a larger effort in the region to assess the effects of infrastructure development"--World Bank web site …"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 …

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

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 …