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In a first for South Africa, we draw on literature on infrastructure productivity to model dynamic economywide … employment impacts of infrastructure investment funded with different fiscal tools. According to the South African investment … plan, the policy will affect the stock of infrastructure as well as the stock of capital of some private and public sectors …
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This paper aims to investigate the relationship between physical infrastructure and economic development of Pakistan. A … composite index of physical infrastructure has been constructed through Principal Component Analysis. This has been done by … taking into account three different dimensions of infrastructure i.e. transportation infrastructure, energy infrastructure …
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Dans ce travail nous utilisons un modèle d’équilibre général calculable mutli-ménages intégrés pour analyser l’impact de la construction d’une autoroute à péage entre Dakar et Thiès au Sénégal, sur la pauvreté et les inégalités. Nous avons simulé différents scénarios...
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The economic literature has been investigating the positive relation between public infrastructure spending and the … general equilibrium model of the Quebec economy to investigate various funding schemes to scale up infrastructure spending in …
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The economic literature has been investigating the positive relation between public infrastructure spending and the … computable general equilibrium model of Quebec to assess the economic impacts of scaling up infrastructure on the economy. We use … help attenuate the negative macroeconomic effects associated with scaling up of infrastructure and amplify the positive …
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urban infrastructure. Skills shortages have risen most in construction trades and management occupations. Housing shortages … rising, reducing affordability. Urban infrastructure, particularly for road transportation, is also strained. In this respect …
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South Africa has undergone significant trade liberalization since the end of apartheid. Average protection has fallen while openness has increased. However, economic growth has been insufficient to make inroads into the high unemployment levels. Poverty levels have also risen. The country’s...
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South Africa has undergone significant trade liberalization since the end of apartheid. Average protection has fallen while openness has increased. However, economic growth has been insufficient to make inroads into the high unemployment levels. Poverty levels have also risen. The country's...
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reflects, firstly, poor infrastructure in telecommunications and transport. Secondly, the regulatory environment is not always … needs to become more effective, notably by strengthening the selection process for large infrastructure projects. A more pro …
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