Against the backdrop of growing momentum for regional cooperation and integration (RCI) in Asia, this paper examines the link between regional roads and Asian Development Bank (ADB) support between 1966 and 2008. The novel methodology used in this paper includes an Asia-wide definition of...

Against the backdrop of growing momentum for regional cooperation and integration (RCI) in Asia, this paper examines the link between regional roads and Asian Development Bank (ADB) support between 1966 and 2008. The novel methodology used in this paper includes an Asia-wide definition of...

Against the backdrop of growing momentum for regional cooperation and integration (RCI) in Asia, this paper examines the link between regional roads and Asian Development Bank (ADB) support between 1966 and 2008. The novel methodology used in this paper includes an Asia-wide definition of...

This paper offers an updated description of the macroeconomic and sectoral significance of PPPs in Europe - without assessing PPPs from a normative perspective. Building on Blanc-Brude et al. (2007), it looks at the evolution of PPPs in the EU, with a particular focus on the recent financial...

This research study aimed to assesses the impact of infrastructure based on the evaluation of infrastructure provision's effect on public finance, presenting the case of Kutaisi International Airport in Georgia. In the case, we assessed the impact of the airport on the public finances of the...

This research study aimed to assesses the impact of infrastructure based on the evaluation of infrastructure provision's effect on public finance, presenting the case of Kutaisi International Airport in Georgia. In the case, we assessed the impact of the airport on the public finances of the...

Following the liberalization wave in the airline sector, airports have been gradually taken out of the public sphere and open to the private initiative. This phenomenon is generally referred to as privatization, but not all the cases consist of, in fact, a full divestiture of assets. Although...

This paper offers an updated description of the macroeconomic and sectoral significance of PPPs in Europe - without assessing PPPs from a normative perspective. Builidng on Blanc-Brude et al. (2007), it looks at the evolution of PPPs in the EU, with a particular focus on the recent financial...

The traditional approach to transport investment appraisal assumed that such investments were taking place in a world where transport users were operating under perfect competition. There has been considerable work in recent years improving the methods for the economic and financial appraisal of...