Infrastructure contributed half a percentage point to the Republic of Congo's annual per capita GDP growth from 2001 to … 2006. If the country's infrastructure were improved to the level seen in Mauritius, the regional leader, it could … contribute more than 3 percentage points to annual per capita growth. The Republic of Congo's existing infrastructure is …

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) faces possibly the most daunting infrastructure challenge on the African … continent. Conflict has seriously damaged most infrastructure networks. Vast geography, low population density, extensive … infrastructure challenges is to reform the national power utility and increase power generation and delivery. Capacity must increase …

Upgrading infrastructure plays a critical role in the Republic of Congo's quest to diversify its economy and reduce … shows that infrastructure contributed one-half of one percentage point to the Republic of Congo's per capita gross domestic … product (GDP) growth annually from 2001 to 2006. However, if the country's infrastructure could be improved to the level seen …

Infrastructure contributed half a percentage point to the Republic of Congo's annual per capita GDP growth from 2001 to … 2006. If the country's infrastructure were improved to the level seen in Mauritius, the regional leader, it could … contribute more than 3 percentage points to annual per capita growth. The Republic of Congo's existing infrastructure is …

of facilities, and help to mobilize private capital which in turn speeds up the delivery of public infrastructure. Along … with power and transportation infrastructure projects, telecommunication figures among the most growing area in PPP … challenges, this paper also summarizes the achievements in Congo's economic infrastructure sector, the risks allocated to the …

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 …

This study explores the role of governance in improving infrastructure reliability. It estimates that increasing … infrastructure spending and improving governance in parallel is six times more effective at enhancing transport system performance … infrastructure maintenance is as effective as 1.5 dollar of new investments in many OECD economies. Overall, the evidence in this …

This paper explores the benefits and the costs of strengthening infrastructure assets to make them more resilient …, reducing the repair costs and infrastructure disruptions caused by natural hazards. Strengthening infrastructure assets in low … billion dollar and 65 billion dollar a year, id est 3 percent of baseline infrastructure investment needs. The uncertainty …

This paper quantitatively assesses the macroeconomic effects of the recently agreed U.S. bipartisan infrastructure … types of infrastructure spending and linkages between the final and intermediate goods sectors. We find that infrastructure … multipliers above unity if infrastructure spending and rising public debt are financed by consumption, dividend and labour income …