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

major infrastructure sectors, entrants submitted systematically aggressive bids in the presence of an incumbent bidder. The …

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 …

Governance is central to development outcomes in infrastructure, not least because corruption (a symptom of failed … governance) can have significantly negative impact on returns to infrastructure investment. This conclusion holds whether … infrastructure is in private or public hands. This paper looks at what has been learned about the role of governance in …

This paper presents a basic assessment of the financial performance of infrastructure service operators in developing …

Evidence of public expenditure on infrastructure is extremely sparse. Little is known about the trends and patterns of … infrastructure expenditure, and there is no real basis for assessing the adequacy and efficiency of infrastructure spending. Drawing … on the World Bank's novel BOOST database, this paper provides a first relatively disaggregated picture of infrastructure …

infrastructure deregulation from three angles: efficiency, fiscal and users' viewpoint. The paper emphasizes the difficulties and …

Through an empirical analysis of the relationship between private participation in infrastructure and country risk, the … paper shows that country risk ratings are a reliable predictor of infrastructure investment levels in developing countries … 27 percent increase in the probability of having a private participation in infrastructure commitment, and a 41 percent …

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 …