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South Asia needs large infrastructure investments to achieve its development goals, and public investment can also … public infrastructure was a key driver of productivity growth in South Asia. Going forward, higher public infrastructure … reap the most benefits from higher infrastructure investment, South Asian countries need to manage fiscal risks carefully …
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This paper examines interactions between self-interested agents in a two-tier government hierarchy, consisting of a central authority and bureaucrats in a two-stage game, where the actions of agents affect private sector allocations. Conditions under which lower-tier corruption arises as an...
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We evaluate the direct employment effect of the public investment in key infrastructure-electricity, roads, schools and … million of public spending in infrastructure create 3-7 jobs in advanced economies, 10-17 jobs in emerging market economies …
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South Asia has experienced significant progress in improving human and physical capital over the past few decades. Within the region, India has become a global economic powerhouse with enormous development potential ahead. To foster human and economic development, India has shown a strong...
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This paper analyzes the tradeoffs between savings, debt and public investment in the Republic of Congo, a developing country with looming oil exhaustibility concerns. Our results highlight the risks to fiscal and capital sustainability of oil exporting countries from large scaling-up in public...
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We propose a macroeconomic model to assess optimal public policy decisions in the the face of competing funding demands for climate change action versus traditional welfare-enhancing capital investment. How to properly delineate the costs and benefits of traditional versus adaption-focused...
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The quality and stock of infrastructure vary widely across countries of the Eastern Carribbean Currency Union and are … solution is to invest more. However this paper shows that governments can also narrow their infrastructure and service gaps …
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While expanding public investment can help filling infrastructure bottlenecks, scaling up too much and too fast often …
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