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This report, part of the “Cities” collection, analyses road accessibility, transport corridors and checkpoints set up in border towns in West Africa. An innovative model shows that the population base of border towns could be 14% greater if there were no delays at border crossings. The...
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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 …
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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 …
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, safeguard land for utilities and physical infrastructure decades ahead, deliberately configures transport networks (including … planning and implementation have overly focused on housing and neglected other types of physical infrastructure. Moreover, the …
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informal settlement residents' preferences for infrastructure provided by an upgrade project and factors influencing their … associated with infrastructure and services provided by the project. Piped borne water and health care facility were the most …
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This paper examines the relationship between infrastructure development and income inequality in urban People …. Infrastructure investment plays a key role in achieving both goals, yet the effects of different infrastructures on income … disparities at the city level remain undetermined. Using 10 city-level infrastructure indicators relating to sustainable urban …
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Urban infrastructure investment is needed for both, mitigation of climate risks and improved urban resiliency … necessary and sufficient factors to economically favor climate-change resilient infrastructure in private investment decisions … of climate-resilient infrastructure. The Paris Agreement and other supra-local policies and actors including city …
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