The relation between infrastructure and economic growth has been largely investigated in the literature, but the … empirical evidence found has proven to be controversial. This paper aims to empirically analyze the impact of infrastructure … stocks on economic growth. In spite of there being theoretical justification for taking infrastructure into account in …

urban environment - in particular the quality of urban infrastructure - strongly determine the growth-enhancing benefits of … empirically). We analyse several measures of urban infrastructure and look at different world regions, taking a special focus on … to significant deficiencies in terms of urban infrastructure. …

The effects of foreign aid on the endowment of recipient countries with infrastructure have received surprisingly …-in-difference-in-differences estimations, with the treatment defined as steep increases in aid for infrastructure since a distinct change in donor behavior in … 2005. Mitigating endogeneity concerns in this way, we consistently find aid for infrastructure to be ineffective in …

Transport, social as well as some other types of infrastructure represent an important component of system … existing settlement system. There are only little doubts that the role of infrastructure in local and/or regional development … existing spatial distribution of infrastructure. The same - with even higher intensity - applies to also to post …