Infrastructure and Development: A Critical Appraisal of the Macro-level Literature

Stephane Straub

Journal of Development Studies, 2011, vol. 47, issue 5, 683-708

Abstract: This survey reviews the existing macro-level empirical literature on the link between infrastructure and development in a critical light. After providing a general framework that casts the problem in the context of an aggregate production function, it signals what are the relevant empirical questions to be addressed. This guides the systematic review of a number of empirical studies and the discussion of the main econometric challenges to the identification of the effect of infrastructure on output and productivity. Finally, building on related research, in particular in contract theory and political economy, the article spells out several promising research avenues.

Date: 2011
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