returns to nonbeneficiary countries in recent years. Rather, it shows that public infrastructure, such as paved roads, has an …

This study argues that public infrastructure is an important though previously neglected driving mechanism of the … neoclassical growth model with heterogeneous firms, where public infrastructure contributes to firms' production and mitigates the … infrastructure in recent decades, yet remains in deep need of further infrastructure improvements. The accumulation of infrastructure …

Evidence of public expenditure on infrastructure is extremely sparse. Little is known about the trends and patterns of … infrastructure expenditure, and there is no real basis for assessing the adequacy and efficiency of infrastructure spending. Drawing … on the World Bank's novel BOOST database, this paper provides a first relatively disaggregated picture of infrastructure …

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 …

The link between economic growth, and better provision of infrastructure services may be unproven, but it is clear that … reforms to make infrastructure services more competitive (where possible), and to provide strong, and independent economic … regulation of natural monopolies, do create an environment more conducive to: 1) Private sector participation in infrastructure …

, infrastructure is an important constraint in many African countries. Using firm-level data for East Africa, the paper reexamines the …Infrastructure is an important driving force for economic growth. It reduces trade and transaction costs and stimulates … the productivity of the economy. Africa has been lagging behind in the global manufacturing market. Among others …

"backbone" infrastructure services are arguably even more important for the creation of an open, unified regional economic space … infrastructure regionalization could make a significant contribution to the region's economic development by promoting a more …

An adequate supply of infrastructure services has long been viewed by both academics and policy makers as a key … dominant position in the provision of infrastructure, and the opening up of these industries to private participation, have … renewed the debate on the role of infrastructure in the region's development. The focus of this paper is three-fold. First, it …

An adequate supply of infrastructure services has long been viewed by both academics and policy makers as a key … dominant position in the provision of infrastructure, and the opening up of these industries to private participation, have … renewed the debate on the role of infrastructure in the region's development. The focus of this paper is three-fold. First, it …