One of the main challenges in low-income Asia and the Pacific countries is users' willingness to pay for water services … effects of water supply infrastructure, including spillover effects or externalities, the impacts are significant. One of the … spillover effects of the development of water supply infrastructure could be the development of the region by inviting new …

estimate infrastructure financing needs of the Asia-Pacific least developed countries (LDCs), landlocked developing countries … existing infrastructure gaps, keep up with growing demands for new infrastructure, maintain existing infrastructure, and … mitigate the vulnerability of infrastructure to climate-related risks. Based on a panel of 71 developing economies from 1990 to …

Investment in infrastructure is critical to economic growth, quality of life, poverty reduction, access to education … demands on government resources, infrastructure projects often suffer from investment shortfalls and inadequate maintenance … Infrastructure focuses on innovative approaches to financing as well as debt and equity from new sources and structures. It provides …

negotiation between social and environmental protections in the Andean Amazon, and the pressures of a surging infrastructure and … risks of infrastructure mega-projects. As Chinese public banks play an increasingly important role in the region, the book … making infrastructure work for everyone involved requires mutually-reinforcing networks of support and accountability among …