"An adequate supply of infrastructure services has long been viewed by both academics and policy makers as a key … infrastructure performance, and an increasing number of observers point to deficient infrastructure as a major obstacle for growth … and poverty reduction across the region. This paper offers an empirical assessment of the impact of infrastructure …

Meetings, held May 29-30, 2006, in Tokyo, Japan. This volume presents papers on Infrastructure for Growth - emerging issues …; sustainable development and infrastructure - climate change, clean energy, and energy efficiency; rural infrastructure and … agricultural development; and infrastructure and regional cooperation …

World Development Report 1994, the seventeenth in this annual series, examines the link between infrastructure and … development and explores ways in which developing countries can improve both the provision and the quality of infrastructure … services. In recent decades, developing countries have made substantial investments in infrastructure, achieving dramatic gains …