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The provision of infrastructure and related services in developing Asia via publi-private partnership (PPP) increased …. Empirical results suggest that increasing the ratio of PPP investment to GDP improves access to and quality of infrastructure …
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indicators, findings indicate that infrastructure development is found to be significant to poverty reduction. In addition, the …This study provides an adequate account of the effect of infrastructure on poverty reduction in Nigeria over the period … cointegration and Granger causality test based on vector error correction mechanism. Using economic infrastructure spending (capital …
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This paper aims to investigate the relationship between physical infrastructure and economic development of Pakistan. A … development, employed labour force, gross private fixed capital formation and physical infrastructure. The variables of employed … composite index of physical infrastructure has been constructed through Principal Component Analysis. This has been done by …
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This paper analyzes the impact of infrastructure investments in the reduction of poverty in Brazil, controlled through … public investment in infrastructure and poverty. The Granger causality test for panel data proposed by Hurlin and Venet (2001 …
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This paper reviews the book “Infrastructure and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa” by Antonio Estache and Quentin Wodon …. The authors summarize the political debate on infrastructure policy in Africa in a very compelling and knowledgeable way … welfare enhancing benefits of infrastructure investments is less conclusive than suggested in the book. The book also misses …
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This paper shows that in Tanzania, economic growth contributes to job creation and employment opportunities, however, it does very little to curb income inequality. Using official data from various local sources compiled by the National Bureau of Statistics, the paper provides an explanation as...
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. Infrastructure provision is seen as a particularly important instrument for helping in regional development where government can play … development will consequently lead to a reduction in inequality. This paper analyses the links between physical infrastructure and … projects or infrastructure development but instead recommend that the government should emphasize also on investments in …
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