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Investing in Ontario's Infrastructure for Economic Growth and Prosperity
Haider, Murtaza; Crowley, David; DiFrancesco, Richard J. - 2013
This paper documents the potential employment and other value-added benefits of infrastructure investments in Ontario …. In particular, it details the impact of infrastructure investment as a counter-cyclical fiscal policy tool. A review of … the recent literature reveals that infrastructure investment serves both as a tool for job creation and as a stimulus for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014156125
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Coordination and the poor maintenance trap : an experiment on public infrastructure in India
Armand, Alex; Augsburg, Britta; Bancalari, Antonella - 2021
Poorly maintained public infrastructure is common in low- and middle-income countries, with consequences for service …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012583568
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Efficiency Analysis Of Airports In Turkey Considering Environmental Effects
H. Ulutas, Berna - In: The Central European Review of Economics and Management … 2 (2018) 1, pp. 65-78
Aim: This paper aims to attract attention to the "green airport" term that is basically related with environmental legislations.Design / Research methods: A Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model is introduced to assess the efficiency of 22 airports in Turkey with the definition of undesirable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012427238
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When nature calls back: Sustaining behavioural change in rural Pakistan
Augsburg, Britta; Bancalari, Antonella; Durrani, Zara; … - 2021
unfavourable -i.e. poor public infrastructure and low-quality sanitation facilities. Promotion efforts are hence best targeted …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013193562
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Coordination and the poor maintenance trap: An experiment on public infrastructure in India
Armand, Alex; Augsburg, Britta; Bancalari, Antonella - 2021
Poorly maintained public infrastructure is common in low- and middle-income countries, with consequences for service …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012625394
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When nature calls back : sustaining behavioural change in rural Pakistan
Augsburg, Britta; Bancalari, Antonella; Durrani, Zara; … - 2021
unfavourable —i.e. poor public infrastructure and low-quality sanitation facilities. Promotion efforts are hence best targeted …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012802318
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Green infrastructure and air pollution: evidence from highways connecting two megacities in China
Yu, Bo; Tran, Trang My; Lee, Wang-Sheng - 2021
Following market liberalisation, the vehicle population in China has increased dramatically over the past few decades. This paper examines the causal impact of the opening of a heavily used high speed rail line connecting two megacities in China in 2015, Chengdu and Chongqing, on air pollution....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012705682
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Land Reform and Sustainable Development
Stanton, Elizabeth; Rosset, Peter; Boyce, James - Political Economy Research Institute (PERI), University … - 2005
Land reform, equitable distribution, economic development, environmental quality, land reform strategies, Brazil, Landless Workers’ Movement, East Asia, rural poverty, land productivity, sustainable agriculture, comparative advantage, small farms.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004970460
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Knowledge-intensive employment growth in the Dutch Randstad and the German Rhine-Ruhr area: the impact of centrality and peripherality
Kronenberg, Kristin; Volgmann, Kati - 2013
This paper investigates to what extent the different subsectors of the knowledge economy are subject to sector-specific spatial patterns of employment dynamics, and whether these patterns are conditional upon the general economic climate in a particular region. To this end, we analyze and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011397429
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Knowledge-intensive employment growth in the Dutch Randstad and the German Rhine-Ruhr area : the impact of centrality and peripherality : paper prepared for presentation at the 53r...
Kronenberg, Kristin; Volgmann, Kati - 2013 - This version: February 28, 2013
This paper investigates to what extent the different subsectors of the knowledge economy are subject to sector-specific spatial patterns of employment dynamics, and whether these patterns are conditional upon the general economic climate in a particular region. To this end, we analyze and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011553688