of infrastructure stock, such as energy, roads, and telephones. The Lütkepohl, Saikkonen and Trenkler Test, which … relationship between infrastructure and economic growth for Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico between 1950 and 2000, using new …Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the relationship between infrastructure and total factor productivity …

roads maintenance delivery by examining private contractors’ performance according to local authority stakeholders. Design … in English local authorities. Findings – The paper shows that contracting-out of parks and roads maintenance happens … and community sector stakeholders. This marks a shift away from in-house public sector delivery of parks and roads …

projects. Most of the road PPP projects are either for new roads or for those that involve significant expansion of existing … capacity. There are limited instances of PPPs for renovating and maintenance of existing roads. The purpose of this paper is to … need to extend this paper to include more such case studies to evaluate their relevance for infrastructure development …

delivering financial accountability, focusing on the UK government's use of private finance for roads. Design …/methodology/approach – Publicly available documents from the public and private sector partners for 11 roads contracts are examined, together with a …/implications – These findings, which occur in the roads sector where projects are large and visible, are likely to be replicated elsewhere …