Current Debates on Infrastructure Policy

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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Main Authors: Estache, Antonio, Fay, Marianne
Format: Working Paper biblioteca
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2009
Subjects:ACCESSIBILITY, ACCOUNTING, AGGLOMERATION, AGGLOMERATION BENEFITS, AMORTIZATION, ARBITRAGE, AVERAGE TARIFF, BALANCE SHEET, BENEFICIARIES, BOTTLENECKS, BRIDGE, BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, BUSES, CAPITAL STOCK, CAPITAL STOCKS, CARS, CASH FLOWS, CLIMATE CHANGE, CONCESSION, CONCESSION CONTRACTS, CONCESSIONS, CONGESTION, CONGESTION COSTS, CONNECTION COSTS, CONSUMER DEMAND, CONTRACT AWARD, COST OF CAPITAL, COST RECOVERY, COSTS OF TRANSPORT, CROSS SUBSIDIES, DEBT, DECENTRALIZATION, DEFICITS, DELIVERY OF INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES, DEREGULATION, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DISBURSEMENTS, DISPOSABLE INCOME, DIVESTITURE, DRIVERS, DRIVING, ECONOMETRIC APPROACHES, ECONOMETRIC EVIDENCE, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC MODELS, ELASTICITIES, ELASTICITY, ELECTRIC POWER, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION, ELECTRICITY GENERATION, ELECTRICITY SERVICES, EXTERNALITIES, FINANCIAL BURDEN, FINANCIAL CLOSURE, FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS, FISCAL CONSTRAINTS, FISCAL POLICIES, FOREIGN EXCHANGE, FOREIGN EXCHANGE RISK, GENERATION, GENERATION CAPACITY, GROWTH RATES, HIGHWAY, HIGHWAY NETWORK, HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION, HUMAN CAPITAL, INCOME GROWTH, INCOME LEVEL, INCOME LEVELS, INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS, INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTORS, INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY, INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATIZATION, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION, INFRASTRUCTURE REFORM, INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR, INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING, INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPLY, INFRASTRUCTURES, INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY, INTERNATIONAL BANK, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY, INTERNATIONAL ENERGY, INVENTORY, INVESTING, INVESTMENT CLIMATE, INVESTMENT COSTS, INVESTMENT DECISIONS, INVESTMENT FINANCE, LABOR MARKETS, LANES, LEASE CONTRACTS, LEGAL TRADITION, LICENSES, LIVING STANDARD, LOCAL ECONOMY, MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES, MAINTENANCE EXPENDITURES, MINIMUM RATE OF RETURN, MISSING MARKETS, MOBILITY, NETWORK EXTERNALITIES, PASSENGER TRANSPORT, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POLITICAL RISKS, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, POWER, POWER PLANTS, POWER SECTOR, PRIVATE CAPITAL, PRIVATE INVESTMENT, PRIVATE INVESTORS, PRIVATE OPERATORS, PRIVATE PROVIDERS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PROVISIONS, PUBLIC, PUBLIC ENTERPRISES, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW, PUBLIC FUNDS, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC INVESTMENT, PUBLIC MONOPOLIES, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM, PUBLIC SPENDING, RAIL, RAILWAY, RAILWAYS, RATES OF RETURN, REAL EXCHANGE RATE, RENEGOTIATION, RENEGOTIATIONS, RENTS, RESERVES, RESIDENTIAL USERS, RETURNS, RING ROADS, RISK MITIGATION, ROAD, ROAD NETWORKS, ROAD SECTOR, ROADS, SAFETY, SANITATION, SANITATION SERVICES, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SETTLEMENT, STOCK DATA, STOCK MARKET, STOCKS, TAX, TAX REVENUE, TAXATION, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, TRAINS, TRANSACTION, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT CORRIDORS, TRANSPORT COSTS, TRANSPORT IMPROVEMENTS, TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT NETWORK, TRANSPORT SECTOR, TRANSPORT SERVICES, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION EQUITY, TRANSPORTATION EQUITY ACT, URBAN POVERTY, URBAN ROADS, URBANIZATION, UTILITIES, WATER SERVICES,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/131091468167946991/Current-debates-on-infrastructure-policy
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27762
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