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"The authors examine the impact of public infrastructure on private capital formation in three countries of the Middle … East and North Africa-Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia. They highlight various channels through which public infrastructure may …) model that accounts for flows and (quality-adjusted) stocks of public infrastructure, private investment, as well as changes …
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Transport and logistics services in Myanmar have been substantially hit by the impacts of the February 2021 coup and the surge in Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases. Logistics companies have been affected by rising fuel prices, border closures, and a shortage of shipping containers. While...
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"The author provides a preliminary benchmarking of infrastructure performance in Lesotho in four major sectors … infrastructure performance from over 200 countries. The results of the benchmarking are revealing of several major, comparative … deficiencies in infrastructure performance in Lesotho: (1) extremely low access to electricity and its affordability; (2) poor …
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"Calderán and Serven provide an empirical evaluation of the impact of infrastructure development on economic growth and … include, among the regressors, infrastructure quantity and quality indicators, in addition to standard controls. To account … for the potential endogeneity of infrastructure (as well as that of other regressors), the authors use a variety of …
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This book is designed to promote the development of infrastructure services in Honduras, with the aim of improving the … increase in private investment in infrastructure services, which should take place in a more competitive environment and be … subject to an adequate legal and regulatory framework. The study details the progress to date in Honduran infrastructure …
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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 …
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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 …
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change. Participation of the private sector in climate-smart investments and infrastructure is critical and public … infrastructure gap without mobilizing private sector expertise, innovative thinking, investment capacity, and finance. PPPs can be a …
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