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Kenya???s Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective

Briceno-Garmendia, Cecilia M.; Shkaratan, Maria - 2012

In the past decade, infrastructure contributed 0.5 percentage points to Kenya's annual per capita GDP growth. Raising … successful public-private partnership in air transport has made Kenya's airline a top carrier in the region and its international … by approximately 1 percent of GDP. But the power sector continues to pose Kenya's greatest infrastructure challenge. Over …

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Financing Indian Cities : Opportunities and Constraints in an Nth Best World

Annez, Patricia Clarke - 2012

This paper examines international experience with mobilizing funding for both capital and recurrent costs for municipal infrastructure with a view to identifying areas where India could improve its system of financing infrastructure in cities. Based on international data, the analysis shows that...

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Ripe for a Big Bang? Assessing the Political Feasibility of Legislative Reforms in the Philippines??? Local Government Code

Matsuda, Yasuhiko - 2012

In the Philippines' highly decentralized political system, smooth functioning of inter-governmental relations is key to effective service delivery and good governance overall. Although considered a milestone, the 1991 Local Government Code, the Philippines' basic legislation governing...

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Beyond Keynesianism : Global Infrastructure Investments in Times of Crisis

Lin, Justin Yifu; Doemeland, Doerte - 2012

As the world recovers only slowly from the 2008 financial crisis and Europe is facing a looming debt crisis, concerns have increased that the "new normal" -- a period of high unemployment, low returns on investment, high risks, and low growth -- may become protracted in advanced economies. If...

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Tanzania???s Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective

Shkaratan, Maria - 2012

Infrastructure contributed 1.3 percentage points to Tanzania's annual per capital GDP growth during the 2000s. If the country's infrastructure endowment were improved to the level of the African leader, Mauritius, annual per capita growth rates could increase by 3.4 percent. Tanzania has made...

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Uganda???s Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective

Ranganathan, Rupa; Foster, Vivien - 2012

Uganda has made substantial progress on its infrastructure agenda in recent years. The early and successful ICT reform detonated a huge expansion in mobile coverage and penetration resulting in a highly competitive market. Power sector restructuring has paved the way for a rapid doubling of...

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Infrastructure Investments under Uncertainty with the Possibility of Retrofit : Theory and Simulations

Strand, Jon; Miller, Sebastian; Siddiqui, Sauleh - 2012

Investments in large, long-lived, energy-intensive infrastructure investments using fossil fuels increase longer-term energy use and greenhouse gas emissions, unless the plant is shut down early or undergoes costly retrofit later. These investments will depend on expectations of retrofit costs...

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C??te d???Ivoire???s Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective

Foster, Vivien; Pushak, Nataliya - 2012

Infrastructure contributed 1.8 percentage points to Cote d'Ivoire's annual per capita GDP growth over the mid-2000s before conflict began to erase the country's infrastructure and its growth contributions. Raising the country's infrastructure endowment to the level of the region's middle-income...

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Liberia's Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective

Foster, Vivien; Pushak, Nataliya - 2012

Liberia's power generating capacity and national grid were completely demolished during 14 years of civil war. Piped water access fell from 15 percent of the population in 1986 to less than 3 percent in 2008. War also left the national road network in a state of severe disrepair. Since the...

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Malawi???s Infrastructure : A Continental Perspective

Foster, Vivien; Shkaratan, Maria - 2012

Infrastructure contributed 1.2 percentage points to Malawi's annual per capital GDP growth over the past decade. Raising the country's infrastructure endowment to that of the region s middle-income countries could increase that contribution by 3.5 percentage points. Malawi's successes in...

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