Keywords:
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Description / 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.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (156 pages)
ISBN:
9783319031378
Series Statement:
Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion and Well-Being Ser.
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=6367798
Language:
English
Note:
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