The most significant criteria for the continued growth rate of an economy rests on the provision of quality infrastructure. The Indian government finds it difficult to provide the required financial and technical resources and the executive capacity to cope with the rising demand for roads,...

Estimates of future damages from climate change in coastal areas are of growing interest for climate change research and policy-making. A newly-developed methodology is applied to estimate total insured coastal damages with climate change for the period 2025-2085 in New York State, USA. Total...

The study aimed at empirically investigating the influence of Osborne dam on the socio-economic development of ward 23, Makoni District. The research was carried out in three villages Kawadza, Nyatito and Dumba, using both qualitative and quantitative methods. Questionnaire, interviews guide,...

In the presence of agglomeration economies, the effects of a rural roads programme depend not only on the reduction in transportation costs, but also on the form of labour mobility. When financed by a poll tax on rural households, the wage will rise, accompanied by some return migration,...

Do urban agglomeration economies enhance the social profitability of rural roads? When all goods are traded at parametric world prices, lower transport costs benefit villagers. Urban activities and welfare are unaffected if labour is immobile, but their levels fall when rural workers move freely...

El estudio consta de 3 componentes. El social, que caracteriza la población, los servicios sociales y los desafíos en materia de desarrollo humano de urgente solución en el municipio. El componente económico destaca la dinámica del puerto y los servicios asociados, el desempeño del...

"En el primer capítulo se enuncian los problemas generados por el actual ordenamiento institucional y normativo y se sugieren, entre otras, las siguientes acciones: (i) creación de una nueva institución (o reforzamiento de las entidades existentes), para financiar los estudios de...