types of infrastructure, both in isolation and in combination. The findings show that improving access to both has large and … infrastructure are 22 percent larger than the sum of their isolated effects. The findings suggest that a big push for combined …

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 …

The paper provides the first consistently estimated data set on infrastructure investments in low- and middle …-income countries. To do so, the authors identify three possible proxies for infrastructure investments: two are variants on gross fixed …'s BOOST database. Two of these proxies rely on the World Bank's Private Participation in Infrastructure database to capture …

variations from these projections which means that planning for resilient wastewater infrastructure requires more detailed …

Resilience against infrastructure failure is essential for ensuring the health and safety of communities during and …, and damages to critical infrastructure is essential for developing robust approaches to increasing resilience. Identifying … relevant in areas recovering from a natural hazard that have the opportunity to build back their infrastructure, and for those …

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 …

factors, including investments in infrastructure resilience and maintenance …

This review examines the literature on the welfare impacts of infrastructure disruptions. There is widespread evidence … that households suffer from the consequences of a lack of infrastructure reliability, and that being connected to the grid … is not sufficient to close the infrastructure gap. Disruptions and irregular service have adverse effects on household …

"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 …