Infrastructure as a new asset class is said to have several distinct and attractive investment characteristics. This … historical performance of infrastructure funds is undertaken. There is no proper financial theory to back the proposition of … infrastructure as a separate asset class. Infrastructure assets are very heterogeneous, and empirical evidence suggests an …

entities. The foregoing necessitates private investment for African infrastructure development. However, compared to regions … currently restrains private capital from providing much-needed investment for African infrastructure development …While there could be debate as to the root causes of Africa’s dearth of infrastructure, it is uncontested that this …

. In particular, it details the impact of infrastructure investment as a counter-cyclical fiscal policy tool. A review of … the recent literature reveals that infrastructure investment serves both as a tool for job creation and as a stimulus for … their impact on economy. Thus, the primary aim of this paper is to illustrate the impact of infrastructure investment on job …

state is gradually withdrawing from provisioning of public utilities & infrastructure leading to a shortage of such services …. Availability of such services also affects volume of investment in various regions leading to lopsided investment scenario. This …

investment in an international infrastructure capital, the stock of which accumulates over time. Depending on the trade costs and … consideration, the governments carry out a dynamic game of public investment. We show that the dynamic equilibrium of the policy … game may exhibit history dependency; if the initial stock of international infrastructure is smaller (larger) than a …