Reducing Poverty by Closing South Asia's Infrastructure Gap

Despite recent rapid growth and poverty reduction, the South Asia Region (SAR) continues to suffer from a combination of insufficient economic growth, slow urbanization, and huge infrastructure gaps that together could jeopardize future progress. I...

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Main Authors:	Andrés, Luis, Biller, Dan, Herrera Dappe, Matías
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE AGGLOMERATION AIR AIR POLLUTION AIRPORTS BARRIERS TO ENTRY BASIC SERVICES BOTTLENECKS CASH TRANSFERS CITIES CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNITIES CONCESSION CONCESSIONS COST RECOVERY COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS DEMAND FOR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT DEREGULATION DIESEL DISTRIBUTION GRID ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS ECONOMIC GROWTH ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY SECTOR ELECTRICITY SERVICES ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ENTRY BARRIERS EXTERNALITIES FINANCE INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCIAL BURDEN FREIGHT FREIGHT TRANSPORT FUELS GASOLINE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH RATES HUMAN CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PROJECTS INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INFRASTRUCTURES INSPECTION INTERNATIONAL ENERGY INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT REQUIREMENTS INVESTMENT TARGETS LEASE CONTRACT LEASE CONTRACTS LENGTH OF ROAD LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MAINTENANCE COSTS MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS NATIONAL TRANSPORT NATURAL MONOPOLY NETWORK EXTERNALITIES NETWORK PLANNING NETWORK SERVICES PETROLEUM GAS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POWER POWER DISTRIBUTION POWER PLANTS POWER SECTOR PRIVATE INVESTOR PRIVATE OPERATORS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION PUBLIC PUBLIC INVESTMENTS PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SAFETY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR INVESTMENT PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC UTILITIES PUBLIC WORKS RAIL RAILWAYS REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ROAD ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD NETWORK ROAD NETWORKS ROAD SECTOR ROADS SAFE WATER SUPPLY SANITATION SANITATION SERVICES SERVICE EXPANSION SERVICE LEVELS SERVICE PROVIDERS SOCIAL WELFARE SOLID WASTE COLLECTION STATE HIGHWAYS SUBDIVISIONS TAX TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT ACCESS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS TRUE URBAN HIGHWAY URBAN POOR URBANIZATION USER FEES WASTE WASTE COLLECTION WATER SERVICES
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