Land-based revenues as a fiscal instrument to finance infrastructure tie public investment to real estate markets, where demand fluctuations cause fiscal consequences. This paper takes policy reversals as structural breaks and examines their impacts on infrastructure investment. We dissect...

This paper constructs a dynamic model of household consumption decisions and accordingly designs empirical analyses to identify how infrastructure investment affects private consumption. The estimation results of provincial panel data reveal that infrastructure investment can not only indirectly...

Though studies abound on the relationship between public debt and other macroeconomic variables, research on the effects of public debt on government infrastructure investment, particularly in Ghana has not received much scholarly attention. Therefore, this relationship is explored in this study...

In a quest to illuminate Kazakhstan's economic horizon within a sustainable context, this study delved into the complex interplay of sustainable tech innovation, investment in sustainable infrastructure, and natural resource management. The study assesses the potential for green economy...

Millions of parents across Europe use mobile baby-tracking applications. These digital aides generate intimate data sets by accessing sensitive information about (un)born babies, pregnancies, and family caregiving routines. Crucially, the tracking infrastructures embedded in these apps enable...

This note examines whether public infrastructure investment crowds in private investment in the Western Balkans and how this relationship compares with the EU. Using Eurostat data for 2000-2024 and a sector-level analysis, it finds that higher public infrastructure investment is generally...

We study how federal information-collection requirements affect public infrastructure spending of local governments. Exploiting the introduction and revision of the federal survey on highway infrastructure, we find that county roads that are randomly sampled by the survey attract more local...

Kommunen tragen maßgeblich die öffentliche Daseinsvorsorge, doch trotz steigender Bruttoinvestitionen blieben die realen Zuwächse unzureichend und die seit Jahren negativen Nettoinvestitionen weisen auf erheblichen Substanzverzehr hin. Das Sondervermögen Infrastruktur und Klimaneutralität...

Kommunen tragen maßgeblich die öffentliche Daseinsvorsorge, doch trotz steigender Bruttoinvestitionen blieben die realen Zuwächse unzureichend und die seit Jahren negativen Nettoinvestitionen weisen auf erheblichen Substanzverzehr hin. Das Sondervermögen Infrastruktur und Klimaneutralität...

Road infrastructure underpins Nigeria's economic competitiveness, yet Public-Private Partnership (PPP) performance is constrained not by inadequate legislation but by persistent weaknesses in enforcement and governance. Transparency deficits across procurement, design management, certification,...

This paper studies the complementarities between energy and digital infrastructure in developing countries. Using geospatial data on power transmission lines, power plants, cell towers, and fiber-optic nodes matched to settlement-level wealth indicators across sub-Saharan Africa, and detailed...

This paper examines the effects of public infrastructure spending across Ecuadorian cantons on adequate employment and the multidimensional poverty rate over the period 2008-2022, assessing whether such spending operated as a mechanism of convergence. The analysis is grounded in the hypothesis...

Using high-frequency data, the paper analyzes the link between public infrastructure investment and private corporate investment in India for the decade ending 2023-24. We adopt the ARDL model to investigate the existence of cointegration and find strong evidence of the crowding-in of private...

Decarbonizing Brazil's road freight transport sector is essential to achieving the country's 2050 emission targets. To scale this effort, Brazil must transition from diesel-powered trucks to low- and zero-carbon alternatives powered by electricity or hydrogen, each requiring substantial...

Studies of the development of clean hydrogen have often focused on the production side. Infrastructure built and used for storage and transportation warrants more attention. Among the topics that should be assessed are system design, operation, integration, and ownership; market design and...

A diversificação dos mecanismos de garantia no Brasil é essencial para atrair investimentos privados em infraestrutura. Garantias sólidas aumentam a segurança jurídica e reduzem o risco percebido por atores privados, facilitando a entrada de novos investidores e financiadores...

Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) has emerged as a foundational enabler of modern digital governance, yet scholarly understanding of its scope, design, and impact remains fragmented. This study addresses this gap by conducting a comprehensive systematic review and bibliometric analysis of 1153...

How do we evaluate the welfare gains from transportation infrastructure investment? We present a quantitative spatial framework that integrates both traffic and economic responses to infrastructure investment and derive the elasticity of aggregate welfare to improvements in the transportation...

Launched in 2013, China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was originally devised to link East Asia and Europe through a network of physical and digital infrastructure. This article analyses the BRI's development in the European context by offering a comparative analysis of 727 BRI and BRI-like...

Rogowski et al. (2022) use secondary data to study the impact of historic postal infrastructure on economic development, both cross-country and within the US. Their results suggest a large positive effect of post offices on economic development that is robust across various sensitivity checks....

The study provides a technical analysis as support for further standardization activities on the gas quality in Europe's future hydrogen infrastructure. It synthesizes key literature on the influence of different supply chain elements on hydrogen gas composition and assesses the implications of...

Greening digital infrastructure means both reducing its carbon footprint (climate mitigation) and enhancing its resilience to climate risks (climate adaptation). While earlier sections focused on resilience, this chapter addresses improving energy efficiency in data centers, networks, and...

Nepal experienced its worst unrest in decades on September 8 and 9, 2025. A social media ban triggered protest against corruption, and this was followed by widespread unrest causing significant human and economic losses. The damage to public and private infrastructure is still being assessed. On...

This report advocates for a place-based infrastructure strategy to unlock the Amazon's sustainable bioeconomy, balancing economic inclusion with environmental protection. It highlights the region's infrastructure gaps, especially in transport, energy, and digital connectivity, which collectively...