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Access to markets and social services is a major determinant of economic status and welfare. Measurement of access is therefore of great importance for policy analysis and planning of interventions. The objective of this article is to expose readers to a new way of measuring and visualising...
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Infrastructure development builds the road map for economic growth and social upliftment of a county. Econometric … studies indicate a direct relationship between development of physical infrastructure and economic growth. Road infrastructure … for an underdeveloped region. The present article is an effort to study the road infrastructure of India’s north …
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Undoubtedly, reliable, efficient infrastructure is crucial to economic and social development and the promotion of pro …-poor growth. Poor infrastructure impedes a nation’s economic growth and international competitiveness. In fact, it has long been … recognised that an adequate supply of infrastructure services is an essential ingredient for productivity and growth. Moreover …
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This article analyzed theoretically and empirically the influence of infrastructure investment on economic growth in … variables. However, the two variables for infrastructure show a steadily declining rate on the long run as shown by the result … efforts in mobilising more resources towards the provision and improvement of basic infrastructure. …
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The relationship between infrastructure, growth and poverty is empirically robust in the macro- economic and … infrastructure in economic growth and poverty alleviation in Africa. It notes that Africa’s infrastructure is still much below … all infrastructure sectors. Poverty was also not carefully addressed as part of the regulatory and other reform packages …
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This article argues that conventional approaches to infrastructure reform in developing countries underestimate the …€™ efforts engendered a group-based coordination process for an endogenous solution to upgrade infrastructure. This process … analyses the micro-processes and institutional arrangements of building state–SME relations for solving infrastructure …
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Infrastructure is a key area since it provides the main thrust and impetus area in the growth of a developing nation … of adequate infrastructure, which can support the growth process. The deplorably low levels of public investment have … rendered India’s physical infrastructure incompatible with large increases in the national product. Clearly, without …
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The aim of this article is to verify whether public investment in infrastructure is effective in terms of growth. While … participation in infrastructure projects through forms of public–private partnerships and verify whether the use of such contracts … institutions, especially in terms of quality of regulation and rule of law, for attracting private investment in infrastructure …
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The second-generation reforms in India are ones where the focus shifts to a large extent from the Centre to the States. All big infrastructural areas and important subjects like land, labour and agriculture are state issues, just as health and education are. It is important indeed to highlight...
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The article refers to an analysis and an evaluation of changes in the technical infrastructure and housing in the rural … flush toilet and bathroom. It is also shown that there are relationships between population density and infrastructure and …
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