High-quality infrastructure will boost regional economic development and reduce poverty and income inequality. The … spill-over effects created by this high-quality infrastructure will be seen in the form of an increase in gross domestic … product and tax revenue in the region. These positive effects can be utilized to address the gap between infrastructure demand …

in India are grappling with the problem of poor and aging infrastructure, high levels of unaccounted-for water … water infrastructure development and eliminating the management deficiencies of water utilities, India has been actively …

public-private partnerships (PPP) to finance, develop, manage and operate water infrastructure facilities. However, as in the … case of other public infrastructure projects, not all PPPs in the water sector have been successful. Using cases of both … infrastructure projects with private sector participation and whether PPPs have a future in water infrastructure development in …

This paper presents new evidence on the links between public-infrastructure provisioning and time allocation related to … the water sector in India. An analysis of time-use data reveals that worsening public infrastructure affects market work …, with evident gender differentials. The results also suggest that access to public infrastructure can lead to substitution …