This survey reviews the current state of the economic literature, assessing the impact of
transport investments and policies on growth, inclusion, and sustainability in a developing …

Academics and policy makers have long considered an adequate supply of infrastructure
services to be essential for economic development. This paper reviews recent theoretical …

Transport poverty is an issue that has never fully captured the interests of the transport
engineering profession in either the 'global north'or 'global south'and yet it is a problem that …

Nearly one billion people worldwide live in rural areas without access to national paved
road networks. We estimate the impacts of India's $40 billion national rural road construction …

This paper studies the causal effect of transport infrastructure on the spatial distribution of
economic activity within subnational regions across a large number of developing countries …

Abstract The Information, Communication, and Technology (ICT) sector has now more than
ever become a critical driver of sustained inclusive growth in Africa, especially given the post …

A rationale for public investment in rural roads is that households can better exploit
agricultural and nonagricultural opportunities to employ labor and capital more efficiently …

The rural poor in developing countries, once economically isolated, are increasingly being
connected to outside markets. Whether these new connections crowd out or encourage …

Development Economics: Theory and Practice provides students and practitioners with the
perspectives and the tools they need to think analytically and critically about the current …

A large share of the world's poor live in remote regions, where high costs associated with
limited connectivity constrain economic activity. This paper estimates the effects of …