Core infrastructure, which covers transportation, information and communication (ICT), energy, water and sanitation … systems, plays a significant role in economic growth. The development of core infrastructure - one of the European Union (EU … addressing the identified issues is needed to assess the impact of infrastructure on economic growth and convergence …

Without realizing the importance of soft infrastructure, hard infrastructure cannot ensure a significant impact on …. This paper highlights where Central Asia and Caucasia regions stand in terms of physical and soft infrastructure. A gradual … improvement in physical infrastructure is observed, however, the infrastructure development pattern is uneven. Tajikistan and the …

This paper studies the causal effect of transport infrastructure on the spatial concentration of economic activity …

This paper studies the causal effect of transport infrastructure on the spatial concentration of economic activity …

infrastructure policies in Egypt. The model is integrated with a GIS network. We illustrate the analytical capabilities of the model … transportation infrastructure projects in a spatial context. In the case of Egypt, there seems to be an important trade-off between …

We examine the effect of transport infrastructure on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in OECD countries over a period of …, we find mixed evidence of a statistically significant positive relationship between transport infrastructure and CO2 … transport infrastructure and CO2 emissions. The computed time-varying coefficient function of transport infrastructure has been …

Lack of adequate infrastructure is a significant inhibitor to increased trade of the countries of the Mediterranean … region. Bringing their transport infrastructure to standards comparable with countries of a similar per capita GDP will be … costly but worthwhile. We compare the current quantities of six types of transport infrastructure with international, and …

We show with the aid of pooled OLS estimations that investments in improved road infrastructure have the potential to … roads on transport costs or to even reverse them. This paper contributes to the literature on infrastructure investment by … sectoral differences concerning the impact of roads on transport costs. We conclude that investment in transport infrastructure …

-plant dispersion falls with improvements in local transportation infrastructure. While plant entry and exit play an important role in …