Poorly maintained public infrastructure is common in low- and middle-income countries, with consequences for service …

unfavourable —i.e. poor public infrastructure and low-quality sanitation facilities. Promotion efforts are hence best targeted …

I investigate the social costs imposed by poor implementation of public infrastructure. Focusing on the period from … infrastructure development increased infant and under-5 mortality. These effects are driven by health and safety hazards associated …

What determines the aggregate and distributional effects of new transportation infrastructure? One key overlooked … channel is the role that infrastructure policy plays in changing the incentives of firms to enter, exit, and grow--in turn … infrastructure. Firms play a critical role in driving these results: highways increase firms' size, entry rates, survival rates, and …

It is widely accepted that investing in public infrastructure promotes economic development. However, there is little … awareness of the prevalence of unfinished infrastructure projects and their consequences. In this paper, I study the effect of … unfinished sewerage infrastructure on early-life mortality in Peru. I compile several sources of administrative panel data for 1 …

Access to essential infrastructure services such as water, sanitation, and garbage collection can considerably affect … infrastructure services as a critical component of comprehensive strategies to enhance early childhood development and health in low …- and middle-income countries. We emphasize the importance of considering the quality and type of infrastructure services …

I provide evidence of the severe social costs imposed by infrastructure projects that are being implemented (i …. Failing to take the implementation phase into account could severely bias the welfare evaluation of infrastructure. …