Academics and policy makers have long considered an adequate supply of infrastructure services to be essential for … economic development. This paper reviews recent theoretical and empirical literature on the effects of infrastructure … the drivers of income growth, the degree to which infrastructure represents a public or a private good, and the extent of …

Sound infrastructure is fundamental for growth across the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS). During … 1995-2005, improvements in infrastructure boosted growth in Central Africa by 1 percentage point per capita annually … billion/year. This difficult economic geography demands a regional approach to developing infrastructure. Yet Central Africa …

Infrastructure is viewed as a crucial ingredient to foster growth and productivity. Amid the post -- global financial … adequate supply of infrastructure can help foster growth in the region. This paper provides a scorecard on infrastructure … large gap in infrastructure in the region?although the magnitude of the gap depends on the sector, dimension, and country …

negative effects of China's slowdown, which slightly increase the incidence of poverty. Overall, China's slowdown and …This paper explores the economic impacts of two related tracks of China's expected transformation?economic slowdown and … on Sub-Saharan African countries. The paper finds that an average annual slowdown of gross domestic product in China of 1 …

responsible investing, could position green sukuk as a key instrument for financing clean energy and resilient infrastructure …

households living in extreme poverty -- Burkina Faso, Senegal, and Rwanda. Consistent with the theoretical model, the results …

The relative contribution of a sector to poverty reduction is shown to depend on its direct and indirect growth effects …-agriculture by reviewing the literature and by analyzing cross-country national accounts and poverty data from household surveys …. Special attention is given to Sub-Saharan Africa. While the direct growth effect of agriculture on poverty reduction is likely …

focus on the creation of fiscal space for increased investment in infrastructure, as well as on indicators related to macro … infrastructure projects with high productivity effects and the crucial role of financing in determining the net effects of expanded … government infrastructure spending. Transfer programs can generate immediate welfare gains but are less effective over time …