This Study provides a conceptual framework to study the impact of rural infrastructure investment in market development … shows that there are important complementarities in rural infrastructure investment. That is, even if any particular … this way it is possible to get a sustained growth effect on rural incomes from infrastructure investment. The study shows …

We use panel data for fourteen Indian states to assess the influence of public infrastructure on industrial activity …, namely productivity, employment, real wages and investment, at the state level and over the period 1974-1998. Our results … state real wages and productivity, total highway length is a key variable in determining the level of investment in fixed …

Food processing firms are often seen as potential sources of growth for rural areas. This paper examines the influence … that agglomeration, labor, product and input markets, infrastructure, and government fiscal attributes have on food … manufacturing investment flows. The analysis uses a spatial probit model along with spatial clustering methods to analyze county …

technique in financing infrastructure development in rural areas, thereby enhancing economic development. A difference in …

This study presents novel evidence regarding the role of regional internet infrastructure in reducing regional per … the internet infrastructure of a region, facilitates this flow of information. Using the data from the 26 statistical … regions of Turkey, we find evidence that internet infrastructure has contributed to regional convergence during the period …

comprehensive structural adjustment, which has attracted substantial foreign investment, are regarded as the pillars of this success … expenditures in education, health, and infrastructure on economic growth, poverty, and income distribution in the past 20 years …

The social economy holds promise for rural community development through local capacity building, improving political …-op membership to rural community population growth is estimated, along with standard growth determinants. With minor exceptions, the … results do not support the expectation that co-ops improve the population growth prospects of rural communities. Currency (or …

keeping even in 2012. Difficulty in establishing investment priorities for rural development in Romania is caused by the large … infrastructure is strongly correlated and is vital in all states, including Romania. The six EU Priorities for rural development in …Romania joined the European Union- EU -in 2007, as an emerging economy and rural by excellence and this feature is …

The recent experience of infrastructure investment in the People's Republic of China (PRC) suggests an intertwined … infrastructure investment, which then drives economic growth via various channels including reducing transaction costs and raising … productivity. Another mechanism emphasized in this paper is that infrastructure investment can promote urbanization through …

could help strengthen the impact of transport infrastructure on poverty reduction are summarized. …