This paper examines the relationship between corruption and infrastructure at both the country and regional level using … the measure of corruption in the macro data and the measures of transportation and electricity infrastructure. Countries … with more corruption tend to have worse infrastructure in the eyes of their firms. This link is shown to remain when one …

Infrastructure development is a priority on policy agendas in the EU and worldwide, because of the very high investment … needs in basic infrastructure, especially in lagging behind regions and countries. The paper provides a descriptive analysis … infrastructure sectors: transport, telecommunication, environment and energy. The analysis suggests that, on average, internal …

Low levels of infrastructure quality and quantity can create trade impediments through increased transport costs. Since … the late 1990s an increasing number of trade studies have taken infrastructure into account. The purpose of the present … paper is to quantify the importance of infrastructure for trade by means of meta-analysis and meta-regression techniques …

infrastructures. One product of this trend is the ‘inverse infrastructure,’ which refers to a modularized, semi-autonomous and user …-driven infrastructure that is a result of the self-organization of local actors. In this study, we discuss the nature of such … infrastructures and the challenges they pose to local infrastructure policy with special reference to the case of water cooperatives …

In the last 15 years, Australian governments' infrastructure policy has shifted systematically from directly providing … virtually all infrastructure to creating competitive markets where competing public and private suppliers can provide … infrastructure efficiently. Wide ranging competition and structural reforms, particularly under National Competition Policy, have …

Transport, social as well as some other types of infrastructure represent an important component of system … existing settlement system. There are only little doubts that the role of infrastructure in local and/or regional development … existing spatial distribution of infrastructure. The same – with even higher intensity – applies to also to post …

This paper analyses the Policy-Making Process (PMP) of transport infrastructure projects in Colombia for the period … the transport infrastructure policy cycle, namely planning, budgeting, execution, and monitoring and evaluation. The main … politiques de mise en place de projets d'infrastructure de transport en Colombie pour la période 2002-10. Il identifie les …

The provision of infrastructure and related services in developing Asia via publi-private partnership (PPP) increased …. Empirical results suggest that increasing the ratio of PPP investment to GDP improves access to and quality of infrastructure …