Improving Africa's roads - Modeling infrastructure investment and its effect on sectoral production behaviour

Hannah Shürenberg-Fros

No 332091, Conference papers from Purdue University, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Global Trade Analysis Project

Abstract: Investment in infrastru ture is onsidered as a ru ial instrument for e onomi development. Given the s ar e resour es for publi investment in developing ountries poli y analysis should in lude a detailed perspe tive on the e_x001b_e ts of infrastru ture. This paper develops a modeling framework for the analysis of the e_x001b_e ts of improved road infrastru ture on the e onomy of Afri an ountries. The theoreti al framework is tested empiri ally and used for simulations in a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model. The e_x001b_e ts on produ tion and welfare are analyzed. Additionally the model serves to investigate the e_x001b_e t of roads on the e onomi parti ipation of rural households.

Keywords: Public Economics; Consumer/Household Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33
Date: 2011
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