"This book highlights different aspects of economic infrastructure and their associated impact upon economic growth across countries and regions. It also delves into the issues related to foreign direct investment, financial infrastructure and their associated links to growth of the countries...

Drawing notably on the experience of France, this book examines whether good corporate governance generates national growth. It finds that it is a society's entire governance culture -- corporate and public governance together rather than either of them alone -- is what matters. The book shows...

This paper surveys the main issues and controversies in the economic literature on infrastructure in developing countries. Section I reviews the evidence on the role of infrastructure in promoting economic growth. It is argued that, although infrastructure may be more important for growth than...