This study explores the role of governance in improving infrastructure reliability. It estimates that increasing … infrastructure spending and improving governance in parallel is six times more effective at enhancing transport system performance … infrastructure maintenance is as effective as 1.5 dollar of new investments in many OECD economies. Overall, the evidence in this …

This review examines the literature on the welfare impacts of infrastructure disruptions. There is widespread evidence … that households suffer from the consequences of a lack of infrastructure reliability, and that being connected to the grid … is not sufficient to close the infrastructure gap. Disruptions and irregular service have adverse effects on household …

The paper provides the first consistently estimated data set on infrastructure investments in low- and middle …-income countries. To do so, the authors identify three possible proxies for infrastructure investments: two are variants on gross fixed …'s BOOST database. Two of these proxies rely on the World Bank's Private Participation in Infrastructure database to capture …

pressure on provincial governments in terms of local infrastructure investments and urban services delivery. With an annual … shortfall of US$9 billion in funding for local infrastructure investments, provincial governments in Vietnam need to move toward … associated with a shift toward a more affordable and efficient local infrastructure financing model and presenting a preliminary …