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The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a vision to revive the ancient 'Silk Road' by means of massive infrastructure … are compared to the state of infrastructure in the region in the areas of transport, energy, information and communication … technology as well as finance. Overall, CESEE has a high need for infrastructure investments, particularly in the transport …
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generating long-term productivity gains. The Western Balkans lack infrastructure capacity and investment – particularly in non …New Directions and Financial Constraints in Infrastructure Investment Investment in infrastructure is important to …-traditional sectors such as water, sewerage, waste, health, social affairs and education. Two important regional infrastructure investment …
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Africa's interior-to-coast roads are well suited to export natural resources, but not to support regional trade. Are they the optimal response to geography and comparative advantage, or the result of suboptimal political distortions? We investigate the political determinants of road paving in...
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the Institutional Constraints on Implementation of Investment in Infrastructure project in Brazil. It looks for answering …
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The objective of this text is to present an overview of the trajectory of the infrastructure policies in Brazil in the …
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placement of road infrastructure programs we employ a correlated random effects model that corrects for location …
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Endowment with infrastructure, human and cultural capital is highly significant for regional economic performance …
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The construction sector plays a key role in providing structures for economies. This paper surveys the literature on key issues pertaining to the construction sector. It starts by summarizing our knowledge about differences in unit costs across time and space. It then discusses key bottlenecks...
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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 …
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Kyrgyz Republic on regional social and economic development. Discussions of financing infrastructure in the Kyrgyz Republic … barriers at borders. The efficiency of road infrastructure also depends on improved regional cooperation, which necessitates … potential wider economic effect. The development of public-private partnership for infrastructure investment is another …
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