Infrastructure and Economic Growth in Asia.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham :
Springer International Publishing AG,
2013.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion and Well-Being Series
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Summary
- References
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Infrastructure and Growth
- Introduction
- Infrastructure in Growth Models
- Theoretical Considerations
- Overview
- Modelling Infrastructure as a Flow Variable
- Modelling Infrastructure as a Stock Variable
- Empirical Models: Estimating the Effect of Infrastructure on Growth
- Overview
- Empirical Studies on the Impacts of Road Infrastructure on Growth and Poverty
- Empirical Studies on the Impacts of Irrigation Infrastructure on Growth and Poverty
- Empirical Studies on the Impacts of Electricity on Growth and Poverty
- Empirical Studies Using an Aggregate Index of the Infrastructure Stock
- Education in Growth Models
- Theoretical Considerations
- Lucas-Type Modelling of Education
- Nelson-Phelps-Type Modelling
- Empirical Evidence
- Concluding Remarks
- References
- The Growth and Distributive Impacts of Public Infrastructure Investments in the Philippines
- Introduction
- Public Infrastructure
- Public Infrastucture Challenges
- Infrastructure Trends
- Government Policy on Infrastructure
- Philippine Poverty Profile
- Snapshot of Philippine Poverty
- Methodology
- The CGE Model
- CGE Data and Parameters
- Microsimulation Module
- Policy Experiments
- Simulation Results
- Scenario 1: 25 Percent Increase in the PIE-to-GDP Ratio (International Financing)
- Scenario 2: 25 Percent Increase in PIE-to-GDP Ratio (Production Tax Financing)
- Poverty and Inequality Effects
- Sensitivity Analyses
- Summary and Insights
- Appendix 1: Figures
- Appendix 2: Tables
- Bibliography
- Growth and Distributive Effects of Public Infrastructure Investments in China
- Introduction
- Country Context and Infrastructure Status
- China Context
- Infrastructure Status
- Transportation
- Electricity
- Postal and Telecommunication Services.
- Public Infrastructure Investment
- Theoretical Frameworks, Data and Parameters
- Overview of the Theoretical Models
- CGE Database: SAM and Parameters
- Household Data
- Simulation Scenarios
- Discussion of Results
- Macroeconomic Effects
- Simulation 1: Increase in Public Infrastructure Investment Under Foreign Financing
- Simulation 2: Increase in Public Infrastructure Investment Under Production Tax Financing
- Sensitivity Analysis
- Microsimulation Results
- Poverty Effects
- Effects on Inequality: Gini Coefficient
- Conclusion and Policy Implications
- References
- Public Infrastructure and Economic Growth in Pakistan: A Dynamic CGE-Microsimulation Analysis
- Introduction and Background
- Infrastructure and Economic Growth
- Global Evidence
- Pakistanś Context
- Recent Issues
- State of Infrastructure in Pakistan
- Road Transport
- Rail Transport
- Aviation
- Energy
- Water and Sanitation
- Government Infrastructure Strategy
- Data and Parameterization
- Results
- Conclusion
- References
- Conclusion.