Infrastructure, Growth, and Inequality : An Overview

Academics and policy makers have long considered an adequate supply of infrastructure services to be essential for economic development. This paper reviews recent theoretical and empirical literature on the effects of infrastructure development on...

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Main Authors:	Calderon, Cesar, Serven, Luis
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS REGULATION ACCOUNTING AFFORDABILITY OF INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES AGRICULTURE ASSETS CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL EXPENDITURE CAPITAL MARKETS CAPITAL STOCK COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONGESTION CONSUMERS COST OF CAPITAL DEFICITS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME DRIVERS DYNAMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC LIFE ECONOMIC REFORM ECONOMIC SURVEYS EIB ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION ELECTRICITY EMERGING MARKETS EMPLOYMENT ENERGY EFFICIENCY EXOGENOUS FACTORS EXTERNALITIES FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCING OF INFRASTRUCTURE FISCAL POLICY FIXED INPUTS FUEL GDP GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT GOVERNMENT SPENDING GROWTH MODEL GROWTH POLICIES GROWTH RATE HIGHWAY HIGHWAYS HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROUPS INCOME LEVELS INEQUALITY MEASURES INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS INFRASTRUCTURE CONGESTION INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE POLICIES INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION INFRASTRUCTURE REFORM INFRASTRUCTURE REHABILITATION INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPLY INSURANCE INVENTORY LEVIES LIVING STANDARDS MACROECONOMICS MARGINAL COSTS MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY MARKET DISTORTIONS METROPOLITAN AREAS MOBILITY OPEN ACCESS PENALTIES PER CAPITA INCOME POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR HOUSEHOLDS POSITIVE EFFECTS POWER POWER SECTOR PRIVATE CAPITAL PRIVATE PROVIDERS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION INPUTS PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROFIT FUNCTIONS PROVISION OF INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC PUBLIC ECONOMICS PUBLIC ENTERPRISES PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PUBLIC REVENUES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING PUBLIC WORKS RAILWAYS REAL GDP REAL INTEREST RATE REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE REGRESSION ANALYSIS RETURN ON INVESTMENT ROAD ROAD BUILDING ROAD IMPROVEMENT ROAD NETWORK ROAD QUALITY ROAD TRANSPORT ROADS ROUTES RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL ROADS SANITATION TAX TAXATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORM TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TELEPHONE NETWORKS TOLL TOLL ROADS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS URBAN ECONOMICS UTILITIES UTILITY PRIVATIZATION UTILITY SERVICES VARIABLE INPUTS WAGES WATER SERVICES WEALTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/09/20210994/infrastructure-growth-inequality-overview http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20365