The literature lends empirical support for the idea that improvements to transport infrastructure lead to economic …

This study explores the role of governance in improving infrastructure reliability. It estimates that increasing … infrastructure spending and improving governance in parallel is six times more effective at enhancing transport system performance … infrastructure maintenance is as effective as 1.5 dollar of new investments in many OECD economies. Overall, the evidence in this …

This study constructs a microdata set of about 143,000 firms to estimate the monetary costs of infrastructure … substantial drag that unreliable infrastructure imposes on firms in developing countries. Yet, these figures are likely to be …

This paper analyses the degree to which infrastructure reliability and urban economic activity in several African … affected by floods. It further details how transport infrastructure is subjected to significant flood risk that … of natural hazards on urban infrastructure networks …