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The construction sector in Mozambique : an overview
Cruz, António S.; Fernandes, Francisco; Mafambissa, … - 2018
-2015. Investment in the basic infrastructure of health, education, and housing improved families' and communities' living conditions … infrastructure quality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011913287
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The role of the construction sector
Kirchberger, Martina - 2018
The construction sector plays a key role in providing structures for economies. This paper surveys the literature on key issues pertaining to the construction sector. It starts by summarizing our knowledge about differences in unit costs across time and space. It then discusses key bottlenecks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011938180
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Infrastructure and city competitiveness in India
Lall, Somik V.; Wang, Hyoung Gun; Deichmann, Uwe - 2010
Do local improvements in infrastructure provision improve city competitiveness? What public finance mechanisms … stimulate local infrastructure supply? And how do local efforts compare with national decisions of placing inter-regional trunk … infrastructure? In this paper, we examine how the combination of local and national infrastructure supply improve city …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008660770
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The social profitability of rural roads in a small open economy : do urban agglomeration economies matter?
Bell, Clive - 2020
In the presence of agglomeration economies, the effects of a rural roads programme depend not only on the reduction in transportation costs, but also on the form of labour mobility. When financed by a poll tax on rural households, the wage will rise, accompanied by some return migration,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012301822
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Rural roads and urban agglomeration economies : benefits for town and country?
Bell, Clive - 2018
Do urban agglomeration economies enhance the social profitability of rural roads? When all goods are traded at parametric world prices, lower transport costs benefit villagers. Urban activities and welfare are unaffected if labour is immobile, but their levels fall when rural workers move freely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011874088
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Evaluating rural roads programmes : a general equilibrium analysis
Bell, Clive - 2023
The structure employed is a small open economy, with one city and a rural hinterland, two traded goods, a transport sector, two specific factors, and mobile labour. A socially profitable programme will promote not only internal, but also external trade. Theory and numerical examples indicate...
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Can integrated infrastructure investment plans contribute to more effective public spending? : the case of Mozambique
Muller, Mike; Zandamela, Horacio - 2016
Horizontal inequality by ethnic group has remained remarkably persistent for wealth, education, and access to certain services in Nigeria. While significant gains in the reduction of inequality and improvement in access have been made for more locally administered services, outcomes are stickier...
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Special economic zones in Southern Africa : is success influenced by design attributes?
Dube, Cornelius; Matsika, Wellington; Chiwunze, Gamuchirai - 2020
lack of developed SEZ geographic areas, especially the requisite on-site and off-site infrastructure, with dedicated … authorities to provide such infrastructure, as the main drawback for SEZ programmes in failing countries. The study recommends …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012219790
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Local transformation in rural Vietnam : a commune level analysis
Beck, Ulrik - 2015
. Three key areas are considered, namely occupational and agricultural choice; provision of public goods and infrastructure as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011317153
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The effects of the Maputo ring road on the quantity and quality of nearby housing
Fisker, Peter Simonsen; Malmgren-Hansen, David; … - 2019
Using convolutional neural networks applied to satellite images covering a 25 km x 12 km rectangle on the northern outskirts of Greater Maputo, we detect and classify buildings from 2010 and 2018 in order to compare the development in quantity and quality of buildings from before and after...
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