This paper provides methodologies for evaluating consumer benefits of infrastructure services using potentially … the economic benefits when prices are allowed to change endogenously as the provision of infrastructure services changes …

infrastructure on households' income. We analyzed the impacts of a rapid transit system in urban areas of Punjab Province, Pakistan … empirical results show a significant improvement in households' income after improvement in transport infrastructure. This … improvement and modernization of the transport infrastructure in urban areas of Punjab Province has increased households' income …

The paper reports on an Australia Research Council funded project which examines the ways private infrastructure … finance is structured within infrastructure deals. This paper draws on a series of interviews with investors and service … providers in North America, the UK and Australia. It charts the development of private infrastructure financing post-GFC and …

Infrastructure assets have undergone substantial privatization around the world in recent decades. How do these assets …

Deficiency of urban infrastructure facilities is one of the main problems behind the lower rate of urbanization in … than 100,000 people), this paper tries to investigate the relevant infrastructure factors that contribute to increase the … availability of different infrastructure facilities and quality of public services. For the entire analysis, the paper uses data …

The recent experience of infrastructure investment in the People's Republic of China (PRC) suggests an intertwined … infrastructure investment, which then drives economic growth via various channels including reducing transaction costs and raising … productivity. Another mechanism emphasized in this paper is that infrastructure investment can promote urbanization through …

This research study aimed to assesses the impact of infrastructure based on the evaluation of infrastructure provision … infrastructure financing in Georgia and outlines the importance of greater involvement of the private sector in infrastructure … for infrastructure projects by increasing the rate of return for private investors. …

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 …