Development economists have considered physical infrastructure to be a precondition for industrialization and economic … effectiveness of infrastructure in reducing poverty is important, experimental evaluation, such as randomized control trials (RCT …)-based evaluation, is difficult in the context of large-scale infrastructure. Second, while micro studies so far have focused on the …

post-conflict aid differs between specific sectors. Our focus is on social and economic infrastructure which is most likely … evidence that post-conflict aid is effective in improving social infrastructure. In contrast, aid appears to be ineffective in … improving economic infrastructure. …