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Financing infrastructure in India : macroeconomic lessons and emerging market : case studies

Walsh, James P.; Park, Chanho; Yu, Jiangyan - 2011

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Trends and challenges in infrastructure investment in low-income developing countries

Gurara, Daniel Zerfu; Kljuev, Vladimir Vladimirovič; … - 2017

This paper examines trends in infrastructure investment and its financing in low-income developing countries (LIDCs). Following an acceleration of public investment over the last 15 years, the stock of infrastructure assets increased in LIDCs, even though large gaps remain compared to emerging...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011763529

Financing Infrastructure in India : Macroeconomic Lessons and Emerging Market Case Studies

Walsh, James - 2011

Driving infrastructure development, notably mobilizing financial resources for infrastructure projects, has been challenging in many countries. This study includes two parts: an empirical analysis of macroeconomic risks associated with infrastructure booms, and a case study of four emerging...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014398382

Highways to heaven : infrastructure determinants and trends in Latin America and the Caribbean

Cerra, Valerie; Cuevas, Alfredo; Goes, Carlos; … - 2016

Inadequate infrastructure has been widely viewed as a principal barrier to growth and development in Latin America and the Caribbean. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of infrastructure in the region and highlights key areas in which infrastructure networks can be enhanced. The public...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011715358

Towards a Principal-Agent Based Typology of Risks in Public-Private Partnerships

De Palma, André - 2009

There is a strong economic rationale for close cooperation between the public and private sectors. This has resulted in a significant increase in the demand for the provision of public services through instruments combining public and private money such as public-private partnerships (PPPs or...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403060

Scaling up quality infrastructure investment in South Asia

Bizimana, Olivier; Jaramillo Echeverri, Laura; Thomas, Saji - 2021

South Asia needs large infrastructure investments to achieve its development goals, and public investment can also support the Covid-19 recovery. Regression estimates that account for the quantity and quality of investment suggest that public infrastructure was a key driver of productivity...

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Determinants of Public-Private Partnerships in Infrastructure

Yehoue, Etienne B. - 2006

-private partnership (PPP) arrangements. We find that PPPs tend to be more common in countries where governments suffer from heavy debt … law are associated with more PPP projects. PPPs are also more prevalent in countries with previous PPP experiences. At the … industry level, we find that PPP determinants vary across industries depending on the nature of public infrastructure, capital …

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Public-Private Partnerships : A Public Economics Perspective

Sadka, Efraim - 2006

Public-private partnerships (PPPs) involve the supply by the private sector of infrastructure and services deriving from infrastructure assets which have traditionally been supplied by the public sector. PPPs are spreading all over the world. It may be quite plausible that such arrangements were...

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Investing in public infrastructure : roads or schools?

Atolia, Manoj; Li, Bin; Marto, Ricardo; Melina, Giovanni - 2017

Why do governments in developing economies invest in roads and not enough in schools? In the presence of distortionary taxation and debt aversion, the different pace at which roads and schools contribute to economic growth turns out to be central to this decision. Specifically, while costs are...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011704410

Transport infrastructure, city productivity growth and sectoral reallocation : evidence from China

Yang, Yang - 2018

This paper examines the impact of highway expansion on aggregate productivity growth and sectoral reallocation between cities in China. To do so, I construct a unique dataset of bilateral transportation costs between Chinese cities, digitized highway network maps, and firm-level census. I first...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011978605

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