"The authors examine the impact of public infrastructure on private capital formation in three countries of the Middle … East and North Africa-Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia. They highlight various channels through which public infrastructure may …) model that accounts for flows and (quality-adjusted) stocks of public infrastructure, private investment, as well as changes …

"There is widespread concern across Latin America that the provision of infrastructure services has suffered as a … infrastructure industries to private participation in most countries. Calderán and Serven document the recent trends in … infrastructure stocks and infrastructure investment in major Latin American economies. Using an updated dataset constructed for this …

"The goal of the paper is to provide a comprehensive assessment of the impact of infrastructure development on growth … the impact on per capita growth of faster accumulation of infrastructure stocks and of enhancement in the quality of … infrastructure services for 39 African countries in three key infrastructure sectors: telecommunications, electricity, and roads …

"Empirical explorations of the growth and productivity impacts of infrastructure have been characterized by ambiguous … infrastructure overprovision, simultaneity between infrastructure provision and growth, and the possibility of multiple (hence … indirect) channels of influence between infrastructure and productivity improvements. The authors explore these possibilities …

"The author provides a preliminary benchmarking of infrastructure performance in Lesotho in four major sectors … infrastructure performance from over 200 countries. The results of the benchmarking are revealing of several major, comparative … deficiencies in infrastructure performance in Lesotho: (1) extremely low access to electricity and its affordability; (2) poor …