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Climate Change and Infrastructure Investment in Developing Countries: the Case of MozambiqueClimate change may damage road infrastructure to the potential detriment of economic growth, particularly in developing countries...
Climate change Economic development Infrastructure (Economics)Blog
Resilient People, Fragile Governance: The Success of Bangladesh so Far (Part I)
Lucy Scott Bangladesh has made some remarkable strides in development and poverty reduction since independence. Yet the country is in many ways a paradox of success combined with often weak governance. This two-part article explores the paradox...
Climate change Economic development Equality and inequalityWorking Paper
Should Africa Industrialize?Africa should industrialize. Without structural change it cannot sustain recent growth. Economies with more diverse and sophisticated industrial sectors tend to grow faster. But since 1980 Africa has deindustrialized...
Business networks Economic development Industrial policyWorking Paper
Adaptation Advantage to Climate Change Impacts on Road Infra-structure in Africa through 2100The African continent is facing the potential of a US$183.6 billion liability to repair and maintain roads damaged from temperature and precipitation changes related to climate change through 2100...
Climate change Economic forecasting Infrastructure (Economics)Working Paper
Public-Private Co-operation for Gas Provision in Poor Neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires: Impact on Housing Improvements and HealthThis study examines the programme Redes Solidarias, a public-private initiative that connected to natural pipelined gas 4,000 households in the Great Buenos Aires Area during 2005...
Gas utilities Infrastructure (Economics) Policy sciencesBlog
Surprises Ahead?
Tony Addison With six months remaining till the end of 2011, it’s time to take a peek into the near future. What can we expect? John Kenneth Galbraith once said that economic forecasting was invented to make astrology look respectable...
Agriculture Climate change Public debtJournal Article
Infrastructure and Poverty Reduction: Implications for Urban Development in NigeriaPart of Journal Special Issue African Development in an Urban World
Econometrics Infrastructure (Economics) Urban economicsWorking Paper
Infrastructure and Poverty Reduction: Implications for Urban Development in NigeriaThe paper investigates the impact of infrastructural development on poverty reduction in Nigeria...
Econometrics Infrastructure (Economics) Urban economicsBlog
Density and Disasters: Economics of Urban Hazard RiskSomik V...
Infrastructure (Economics) Natural disasters PopulationBook Chapter
Component Trade and China's Global Economic IntegrationFrom the book: The Rise of China and India
Economic integration Infrastructure (Economics) International tradeBook Chapter
Globalization and Marginalization in Africa: Poverty, Risk, and Vulnerability in Rural EthiopiaFrom the book: The Poor under Globalization in Asia, Latin America, and Africa
Globalization Households Infrastructure (Economics)Book
Making Peace Work: The Challenges of Social and Economic ReconstructionReconstruction from conflict is a complex and demanding task, and a major challenge for post-conflict countries as well as the international community...
Conflict management Infrastructure (Economics) Institutional economicsJournal Article
Life Expectancy and Welfare in Latin America and the CaribbeanPart of Journal Special Issue Health and Development
Equality and inequality Health Infrastructure (Economics)Working Paper
Japan's Model of Economic Development: Relevant and Nonrelevant Elements for Developing EconomiesJapan was the first non-western country to accomplish successful industrialization, and the dominant perception of its ‘industrial policy’ had over-emphasized specific characteristics of Japan...
Commercial policy Economic development Industrial policyWorking Paper
High-Growth Entrepreneurial Firms in Africa: A Quantile Regression ApproachThis paper studies the growth performance of a large set of entrepreneurial firms in ten manufacturing sectors of eleven Sub-Saharan African countries...
Business enterprises Economic growth EntrepreneurshipBook Chapter
Infrastructure Development in Post-Conflict ReconstructionFrom the book: Making Peace Work
Infrastructure (Economics) Public goods Social conflict