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This paper examines the relationship between infrastructure development and income inequality in urban People …. Infrastructure investment plays a key role in achieving both goals, yet the effects of different infrastructures on income … disparities at the city level remain undetermined. Using 10 city-level infrastructure indicators relating to sustainable urban …
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This report, part of the “Cities” collection, analyses road accessibility, transport corridors and checkpoints set up in border towns in West Africa. An innovative model shows that the population base of border towns could be 14% greater if there were no delays at border crossings. The...
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infrastructure in 38 African countries over the period 2000-2020. Telecommunications, trade/transport-related, and port … services value-added. Our empirical strategy revealed that regardless of the infrastructure indicator used in the estimate … infrastructure in the continent. Capital formation increases trade/transport-related and reduces port infrastructure while population …
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Do local improvements in infrastructure provision improve city competitiveness? What public finance mechanisms … stimulate local infrastructure supply? And how do local efforts compare with national decisions of placing inter-regional trunk … infrastructure? In this paper, we examine how the combination of local and national infrastructure supply improve city …
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productivity. Another mechanism emphasized in this paper is that infrastructure investment can promote urbanization through … infrastructure investment and the productivity of the economy. On the other hand, evidence in the PRC suggests a cross …The recent experience of infrastructure investment in the People's Republic of China (PRC) suggests an intertwined …
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different purposes. The preparation of an integrated infrastructure investment plan (IIIP) that uses structured approaches to …
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We analyse the impacts that infrastructure provision has on long run urban development. The topic is of major … importance to policy-makers when deciding whether or not to invest in major infrastructure projects. The analysis helps policy …-makers to understand the intended, and potentially unintended, long run consequences of their infrastructure investment …
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productivity. Another mechanism emphasized in this paper is that infrastructure investment can promote urbanization through … infrastructure investment and the productivity of the economy. On the other hand, evidence in the PRC suggests a cross …The recent experience of infrastructure investment in the People's Republic of China (PRC) suggests an intertwined …
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evaluation for environment, resource, and infrastructure management. …
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Deficiency of urban infrastructure facilities is one of the main problems behind the lower rate of urbanization in … than 100,000 people), this paper tries to investigate the relevant infrastructure factors that contribute to increase the … availability of different infrastructure facilities and quality of public services. For the entire analysis, the paper uses data …
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