This paper estimates the impact of digital infrastructure on economic growth and its sources. The analysis uses system … generalized method of moments and finds evidence of a causal impact from the digital infrastructure variables to economic growth … infrastructure to reap benefits. There would be large economic gains if Africa were to close the digital infrastructure gap relative …

This paper offers an empirical evaluation of the output contribution of infrastructure. Drawing from a large data set … on infrastructure stocks covering 88 countries and spanning the years 1960-2000, and using a panel time-series approach … synthetic measure of infrastructure given by the first principal component of infrastructure endowments in transport, power, and …

An adequate supply of infrastructure services has long been viewed by both academics and policy makers as a key … dominant position in the provision of infrastructure, and the opening up of these industries to private participation, have … renewed the debate on the role of infrastructure in the region's development. The focus of this paper is three-fold. First, it …

An adequate supply of infrastructure services has long been viewed by both academics and policy makers as a key … dominant position in the provision of infrastructure, and the opening up of these industries to private participation, have … renewed the debate on the role of infrastructure in the region's development. The focus of this paper is three-fold. First, it …

This paper presents a survey of recent research on the economics of infrastructure in developing countries. Energy … between infrastructure and economic growth (at the economy-wide, regional and sectoral level) and the composition, sequencing … and efficiency of alternative infrastructure investments, including the arbitrage between new investments and maintenance …

state owned enterprises with a focus on infrastructure sectors. In the case of developing countries, empirical studies have …

This paper examines whether infrastructure investment has contributed to East Asia's economic growth using both a … exercise and cross-country regressions fail to find a significant link between infrastructure, productivity and growth. These … conclusions contrast strongly with previous studies finding positive and significant effect for all infrastructure variables in …

This paper seeks to shed some light on the extent to which infrastructure sub-sectors - energy, telecommunications … additional insights on whether the relationship between infrastructure and growth depends on five additional variables: the … degree of private participation in infrastructure, the quality of governance, the extent of rural-urban inequality in access …

infrastructure projects. It reveals the possible risk of relying too much on a foreign bidding coalition and may suggest the …