This study explores the role of governance in improving infrastructure reliability. It estimates that increasing … infrastructure spending and improving governance in parallel is six times more effective at enhancing transport system performance … infrastructure maintenance is as effective as 1.5 dollar of new investments in many OECD economies. Overall, the evidence in this …

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 …

This study constructs a microdata set of about 143,000 firms to estimate the monetary costs of infrastructure … substantial drag that unreliable infrastructure imposes on firms in developing countries. Yet, these figures are likely to be …

Poor domestic transportation infrastructure in developing countries is often cited as an important impediment for … accessing international markets. Yet, evidence on how transportation infrastructure improvements affect the volume and …. Two results emerge. First, we estimate that this road infrastructure project accounts for 15 percent of the export …

Well-developed infrastructure systems and services are vital means of enhancing the connectivity of Asia …-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies. In essence, efforts by APEC to enhance connectivity through infrastructure should … cooperation on its own. To contribute to APEC efforts and at the same time help meet the infrastructure development needs of the …

The article summarises the essence of airport infrastructure and explores the roles of production airport … infrastructure in the world air transport system. It is noted that airport infrastructure is a complex dynamic subsystem of global … production infrastructure of the world economy and is aimed at providing competitive air transportation services. It is …