The growing trend of urban city development requires various infrastructure investments, including water supply … potentially create a time delay in infrastructure investment and huge budget deficits. If these infrastructure investments were … financed by overseas investors, future exchange rate risks would have to be carried by infrastructure companies. This paper …

The recent experience of infrastructure investment in the People's Republic of China (PRC) suggests an intertwined … infrastructure investment, which then drives economic growth via various channels including reducing transaction costs and raising … productivity. Another mechanism emphasized in this paper is that infrastructure investment can promote urbanization through …

This paper examines the relationship between infrastructure development and income inequality in urban People …. Infrastructure investment plays a key role in achieving both goals, yet the effects of different infrastructures on income … disparities at the city level remain undetermined. Using 10 city-level infrastructure indicators relating to sustainable urban …

Deficiency of urban infrastructure facilities is one of the main problems behind the lower rate of urbanization in … than 100,000 people), this paper tries to investigate the relevant infrastructure factors that contribute to increase the … availability of different infrastructure facilities and quality of public services. For the entire analysis, the paper uses data …

mobility, the financing of urban infrastructure, and general urban economic activities in the PRC. The PRC experience of the …

Urban road infrastructure is crucial in determining air pollution. Yet, little is known about the roles played by road … width vs. road length. This paper attempts to fill this gap by estimating the effects of road infrastructure on 10-micron …

promote the construction of local infrastructure. Earmarked transfers had an effect, but lump-sum transfers did not. Results … showed every 1% increase in earmarked transfers to be associated with a 5% increase in local spending on infrastructure … government are not sustainable in the long term. The local fiscal system in the PRC needs to focus on improving local taxes in …

, improvements in physical connectivity, trade facilitation, energy cooperation, and financing infrastructure play an important role … Thailand's intra-regional trade, physical connectivity, trade facilitation, energy cooperation, and infrastructure funding as … examines the current financing mechanism of Thailand's infrastructure projects that relies heavily on public spending. The …

Investment in infrastructure for increasing trade and connectivity in South Asia and Southeast Asia has been impacted … investments of an estimated $3.6 trillion by 2020 for financing of its infrastructure and connectivity projects. Increased …, such economic integration faces a multitude of challenges relating to cross-border infrastructure links, weak trade …