Current Debates On Infrastructure Policy [electronic resource] / Estache, Antonio
Material type: TextPublication details: Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2007Description: 1 online resource (43 p.)Subject(s): Climate Change | Infrastructures | Public Partnership | Road | Roads | Sanitation | Tax | Transport | Transport Economics, Policy and Planning | Transport Sector | Transport ServicesAdditional physical formats: Estache, Antonio.: Current Debates On Infrastructure Policy.Online resources: Click here to access online Abstract: This paper provides an overview of the major current debates on infrastructure policy. It reviews the evidence on the macroeconomic significance of the sector in terms of growth and poverty alleviation. It also discusses the major institutional debates, including the relative comparative advantage of the public and the private sector in the various stages of infrastructure service delivery as well as the main options for changes in the role of government (i.e. regulation and decentralization).This paper provides an overview of the major current debates on infrastructure policy. It reviews the evidence on the macroeconomic significance of the sector in terms of growth and poverty alleviation. It also discusses the major institutional debates, including the relative comparative advantage of the public and the private sector in the various stages of infrastructure service delivery as well as the main options for changes in the role of government (i.e. regulation and decentralization).
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