Sustainable Food Value Chains Knowledge Platform

Infrastructure and Growth in Developing Countries: Recent Advances and Research Challenges

2008

This paper looks at the economics of infrastructure in developing countries. Energy, transport, telecommunications, water and sanitation are considered. The survey covers two main sets of issues: the linkages between infrastructure and economic growth (at the economy-wide, regional and sectoral level) and the composition, sequencing and efficiency of alternative infrastructure investments.

Countries: Non-country specific
Commodities: Non-Commodity specific
Topics: Infrastructural elements
Personal author: Stéphane Straub
Publisher: World Bank (WB)
Type: Discussion
Format: Document
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