The paper provides the first consistently estimated data set on infrastructure investments in low- and middle …-income countries. To do so, the authors identify three possible proxies for infrastructure investments: two are variants on gross fixed …'s BOOST database. Two of these proxies rely on the World Bank's Private Participation in Infrastructure database to capture …

Lack of adequate infrastructure is a significant inhibitor to increased trade of the countries of the Mediterranean … region. Bringing their transport infrastructure to standards comparable with countries of a similar per capita GDP will be … costly but worthwhile. We compare the current quantities of six types of transport infrastructure with international, and …

This paper argues for a novel approach to financing infrastructure needs in Arab countries. It first describes the … context of rising public debt in the region, contrasting it with the vast infrastructure needs. It then discusses the …

This paper argues for a novel approach to financing infrastructure needs in Arab countries. It first describes the … context of rising public debt in the region, contrasting it with the vast infrastructure needs. It then discusses the …