In most developing and industrial countries, infrastructure services have traditionally been provided by government …

Public infrastructure procurement is crucial as a prerequisite for public and private investments and for economic and … social capital growth. However, low performance in execution severely hinders infrastructure provision and benefits delivery …. One of the most sensitive phases in public infrastructure procurement is the design because of the strategic relationship …

This study constructs a microdata set of about 143,000 firms to estimate the monetary costs of infrastructure … substantial drag that unreliable infrastructure imposes on firms in developing countries. Yet, these figures are likely to be …