India Leads Developing Nations in Private Sector Investment : But the Region Needs More Investment to Meet Demands

India has had the most success attracting more private investment in infrastructure in 2006 than any other developing country. Long-standing policies in most other South Asian countries are beginning to bear fruit as well. Nevertheless, delivering the infrastructure services needed to sustain and accelerate growth in South Asia remains a major challenge. Estimates suggest that closing the gap in service provision and meeting future needs will require infrastructure investment in the range of 7 to 8 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) a year. The private sector can do more to help close the region's infrastructure service deficit. But first the region's governments will need to close the infrastructure policy deficit, manifested in many sectors in distorted pricing, poor governance and accountability, and weak financial and operational performance.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Harris, Clive
Format:	Brief biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2008-03
Subjects:	AIRPORTS, BRIDGE, CONTRACTUAL MODELS, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPING COUNTRY, DRIVING, FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, FINANCIAL WEAKNESS, FIRMS, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY, HIGHWAY, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, INVENTORY, INVESTMENT CAPITAL, INVESTMENT CLIMATE, INVESTMENT COMMITMENTS, INVESTMENT NEEDS, INVESTMENT PROGRAM, LANES, LONG-TERM CONCESSION, NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE, POLITICAL ECONOMY, PRIVATE FINANCING, PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE, PRIVATE INVESTMENT, PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE, PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT, PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, RAIL, RAIL ROUTES, RAIL SECTOR, REGULATORY GOVERNANCE, ROAD, ROAD CAPACITY, ROADS, SANITATION, SERVICE DELIVERY, SERVICE PROVISION, SOUTH ASIAN, STOCKS, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TOLL, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT NETWORK, TRANSPORT PROJECTS, WATER SECTOR, WATER SUPPLY, WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/9317926/india-leads-developing-nations-private-sector-investment-region-needs-more-investment-meet-demands http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10620
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