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A new global index on infrastructure : construction, rankings and applications
Donaubauer, Julian; Meyer, Birgit; Nunnenkamp, Peter - 2014
We construct comprehensive and comparable indices on the most relevant components of economic infrastructure. An … period 1990-2010. We map major findings from the new indices on infrastructure and provide country rankings, which we also … compare with subjective assessments of infrastructure in the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report. Finally, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010361439
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Investing in Ontario's Infrastructure for Economic Growth and Prosperity
Haider, Murtaza; Crowley, David; DiFrancesco, Richard J. - 2013
This paper documents the potential employment and other value-added benefits of infrastructure investments in Ontario …. In particular, it details the impact of infrastructure investment as a counter-cyclical fiscal policy tool. A review of … the recent literature reveals that infrastructure investment serves both as a tool for job creation and as a stimulus for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014156125
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Institutional Actors, Learning and Agency
Anwar, Nausheen H. - In: Journal of Infrastructure Development 2 (2010) 2, pp. 153-171
This article argues that conventional approaches to infrastructure reform in developing countries underestimate the …€™ efforts engendered a group-based coordination process for an endogenous solution to upgrade infrastructure. This process … analyses the micro-processes and institutional arrangements of building state–SME relations for solving infrastructure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011139236
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Improving speed and frequency in the European rail system: Impact on accessibility and welfare
Rotoli, Francesco; Christidis, Panayotis; Cawood, Elena … - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2014
The report addresses passenger rail transport and its main purpose is to evaluate if and to what extent, reductions of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011098393
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Diretrizes para um sistema de monitoramento e avaliação das políticas públicas para infraestrutura federal de transportes
de Paula, Jean Marlo Pepino - 2019
in the Brazilian reality of the transport infrastructure sector. …The Brazilian transport sector has difficulties to act systematically due to the absence of a flow and use of … Systems to propose guidelines for a MES that can make Brazilian public transport policies more organic and effective. Twelve …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012146854
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Diretrizes para um sistema de monitoramento e avaliação das políticas públicas para infraestrutura federal de transportes
Paula, Jean Marlo Pepino de - 2019
in the Brazilian reality of the transport infrastructure sector. …The Brazilian transport sector has difficulties to act systematically due to the absence of a flow and use of … Systems to propose guidelines for a MES that can make Brazilian public transport policies more organic and effective. Twelve …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012123429
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Enabling and Integrative Infrastructure Policy: The Role of Inverse Infrastructures in Local Infrastructure Provision with Special Reference to Finnish Water Cooperatives
Heino, Ossi; Anttiroiko, Ari-Veikko - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
infrastructures. One product of this trend is the ‘inverse infrastructure,’ which refers to a modularized, semi-autonomous and user …-driven infrastructure that is a result of the self-organization of local actors. In this study, we discuss the nature of such … infrastructures and the challenges they pose to local infrastructure policy with special reference to the case of water cooperatives …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111904
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The Augmented Socio-Economic Progress Index : Measuring Development Across Indian States
Baksy, Aniket - 2014
There does not, in status quo, exist a unified measure of development adequately representing the multiple dimensions of progress of a Society. In this project, we present the ASEPI, whose disaggregated components represent individual dimensions of Socio-Economic Progress. Computing the ASEPI's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013044025
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The sustainability of yachting tourism: A case study on Greece
Chen, Jamie; Balomenou, Chrysanthi; Nijkamp, Peter; … - 2016
Yachting tourism is an emerging industry in coastal regions, particularly in the Mediterranean countries. The rising success of yachting tourism induces a significant boom in its relevant business segments. As a type of leisure tourism, yachting tourism plays a big role in an experience economy,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011790046
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The evaluation of tourism satisfaction in island destinations: The case of the Ionian Islands of Greece
Gaki, Eleni; Kostopoulou, Stella; Parisi, Evangelia; … - 2016
Tourism satisfaction is one of the most important components in the analysis of tourism behavior as, it not only affects the choice of tourism destination and the consumption of products, but also affects tourist's future decision to return to the same destination. The main objective of this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011790047