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(growth regressions and growth accounting) to analyze the link between infrastructure, growth, and productivity. The main …This paper presents the state of infrastructure in developing Asian countries. It applies two distinct approaches … conclusion is that a number of countries in developing Asia have significantly improved their basic infrastructure endowments in …
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infrastructure, growth, and productivity in developing Asian countries. The main conclusion is that a number of countries in … developing Asia have significantly improved their basic infrastructure endowments in the recent past. This improvement appears to … factor accumulation, a direct effect, and that the impact on productivity is rather inconclusive …
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Empirical explorations of the growth and aggregate productivity impacts of infrastructure have been characterized by … manufacturing over the 1970–2000 period, and a range of 19 infrastructure measures, explores the question of infrastructure … the possibility of endogeneity in the infrastructure measures renders the impact of infrastructure capital not only …
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productivity. Another mechanism emphasized in this paper is that infrastructure investment can promote urbanization through … infrastructure investment and the productivity of the economy. On the other hand, evidence in the PRC suggests a cross …The recent experience of infrastructure investment in the People's Republic of China (PRC) suggests an intertwined …
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We examine the evolution of infrastructure, and the impact of infrastructure investment, in middleincome countries … (MICs). We document how different types of infrastructure stocks, as well as infrastructure investment, vary with the level … provision of infrastructure varies across development stages; there is a focus on basic infrastructure, such as transport, water …
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Development economists have considered physical infrastructure to be a precondition for industrialization and economic … effectiveness of infrastructure in reducing poverty is important, experimental evaluation, such as randomized control trials (RCT …)-based evaluation, is difficult in the context of large-scale infrastructure. Second, while micro studies so far have focused on the …
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revolution is the availability of physical infrastructure to move resources, labor and end products across different points and … places. It is evident through the rule of thumb that if industrial performance exceeds infrastructure capacity to carry the … physical infrastructure. The story behind the research question explains that African economies are emerging economies and in …
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We examine the evolution of infrastructure, and the impact of infrastructure investment, in middle-income countries … (MICs). We document how different types of infrastructure stocks, as well as infrastructure investment, vary with the level … provision of infrastructure varies across development stages; there is a focus on basic infrastructure, such as transport, water …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012917839
Using unique data from a systematic roll-out of broadband infrastructure in rural areas, we provide evidence on the …
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Africa's interior-to-coast roads are well suited to export natural resources, but not to support regional trade. Are they the optimal response to geography and comparative advantage, or the result of suboptimal political distortions? We investigate the political determinants of road paving in...
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