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Linkages between Infrastructure and Economic Growth

[ Last Updated 12 December 2005 ]


Ahn, S. & Hemmings, P. 2000. Policy Influences on Economic Growth in OECD Countries: An Evaluation of the Evidence. OECD Economic Department Working Papers No. 246

Alexander, I & Estache, A. 1999. Infrastructure Restructuring and Regulation - Building a Base for Sustainable Growth. WPS 2415. World Bank Washington D.C.

Button, K. 1998. "Infrastructure Investment, Endogenous Growth and Economic Convergence." The Annals of Regional Science 32:145-162.

Cadot, O., Roller, Lars-Hendrik, and Stephan, A. 2002. Contribution to Productivity or Pork Barrel? The Two Faces of Infrastructure Investment. Discussion Paper FS IV 02-09, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin.

Canning, D. and Pedroni, P. December 1999. Infrastructure and Long-Run Economic Growth. CAER II Discussion Paper No. 57. Harvard Institute for International Development, US.

De la Fuente, A. March 2000. Infrastructures and Productivity: A Survey. Barcelona, Instituto de Análisis Económico, CSIC, Working Paper.

Fernald, J. 1997. Roads to Prosperity? Assessing the Link Between Public Capital and Productivity. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, International Finance Discussion Papers Number 592. (Later published in the American Economic Review 89(3), pp 619-38, 1999).

Ford, R and Poret, P. 1991. Infrastructure and Private Sector Productivity. OECD Department of Economics and Statistics Working Papers, no. 91.

Gramlich, E.M. 1994. "Infrastructure Investment: a Review Essay." Journal of Economic Literature 32:1176-1196.

Haughwout, A.F. 2002. "Public Infrastructure Investments, Productivity and Welfare in Fixed Geographic Areas." Journal of Public Economics 83(3): 405-428. (as summarised by Ron Crawford, MED).

Hulten, C.R. 1997. Infrastructure Capital & Economic Growth: How Well You Use It Maybe Much More Important than how Much You Have.NBER working paper no. 5847. National Bureau of Economic Research, USA

Infometrics. May 2003. Generating Growth: Infrastructure. A report for the Growth and Innovation Advisory Board.

Kennedy, D. July 2003. Literature Review: Infrastructure and Economic Growth. Unpublished paper prepared for the Ministry of Economic Development, Wellington NZ.

Kessides, C. 1993. The Contributions of Infrastructure to Economic Development - A Review of Experience and Policy Implications. World Bank Discussion Papers No. 213. World Bank, Washington D.C.

New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER). October 2003. Development of an Infrastructure Policy Framework. Draft report prepared for Ministry of Economic Development, Wellington, New Zealand.

Nijkamp, P. and Poot, J. (forthcoming). Meta-analysis of the impact of fiscal policies on long-run growth. European Journal of Political Economy, 20(1) - to be published in 2004.

OECD. 2001. The New Economy: Beyond the Hype. Paris, France.

OECD. 2003. The Policy Agenda for Growth - An Overview of the Sources of Economic Growth in OECD Countries. Paris, France.

OECD. 2003. The Sources of Economic Growth in the OECD Countries. Paris, France.

Reinikka, R & Svensson. December 1999. How Inadequate Provision of Public Infrastructure and Services Affects Private Investment. World Bank Working Paper 2262. World Bank,Washington D.C.

Stephan, A. 1997. The Impact of Road Infrastructure on Productivity and Growth: Some Preliminary Results for the German Manufacturing Sector. Discussion Paper FS IV 97-47, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin.

Willoughby, C. 2002. Infrastrucuture and Pro-Poor Growth: Implications of Recent Research. UK Department for International Development.

World Bank. 1994. World Development Report 1994: Infrastructure and Development. Washington, D.C.


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