This paper studies the differences between private and government provision of infrastructure. Capital utilization … decisions and their differential role in determining market prices for capital goods under the two regimes of infrastructure … provision serve as a critical transmission mechanism for fiscal policy. A subsidy to private providers of infrastructure is …

This report examines the role of infrastructure in explaining why the region lags so far behind the rest of the country …. More importantly, it looks at how improved infrastructure may help the region catch up. Infrastructure is examined here …

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 …

infrastructure provision and an opening up of infrastructure activities to the private sector. This book analyzes the consequences of … these policy changes from two perspectives. First, it reviews in a comparative framework the major trends in infrastructure …