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Effects of Improving Infrastructure Quality on Business Costs : Evidence from Firm-Level Data

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dc.contributor.authorIimi, Atsushi
dc.date.accessioned2012-05-25T22:20:33Z
dc.date.available2012-05-25T22:20:33Z
dc.date.issued2008-03
dc.description.abstractEconomic development is affected by infrastructure services in both volume and quality terms. However, the quality of infrastructure is relatively difficult to measure and assess. The current paper, using firm-level data collected by a business environment assessment survey in 26 countries in Europe and Central Asia, estimates the marginal impacts on firm costs of infrastructure quality. The results suggest that the reliability or continuity of services is important for business performance. Firm costs significantly increase when electricity outages occur more frequently and the average outage duration becomes longer. Similarly, increased hours of water supply suspensions also reduce firms' competitiveness. In these countries, it is found that the total benefit for the economy from eliminating the existing electricity outages ranges from 0.5 to 6 percent of gross domestic product. If all water suspensions are removed, the economy could receive a gain of about 0.5 to 2 percent of gross domestic product. By contrast, the quality of telecommunications services seems to have no significant impact.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/9293279/effects-improving-infrastructure-quality-business-costs-evidence-firm-level-data
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-4581
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/6492
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; No. 4581
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACCESS TO SERVICES
dc.subjectASSET REPLACEMENT
dc.subjectBASIC INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectBUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
dc.subjectCENTRAL ASIAN
dc.subjectCONSUMER WELFARE
dc.subjectCOST SAVINGS
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTION LOSSES
dc.subjectDRIVING
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC EFFECTS
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIES OF SCALE
dc.subjectELASTICITIES
dc.subjectELASTICITY
dc.subjectELECTRIC POWER
dc.subjectELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectELECTRICITY INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectELECTRICITY SERVICES
dc.subjectELECTRICITY SUPPLY
dc.subjectFIRMS
dc.subjectGENERATION
dc.subjectIMPROVEMENTS IN WATER SUPPLY
dc.subjectINFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
dc.subjectINFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION
dc.subjectINFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
dc.subjectINVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectLATIN AMERICAN
dc.subjectMAINTENANCE COSTS
dc.subjectMONTHLY FEES
dc.subjectOPERATING COST SAVINGS
dc.subjectPUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectPUBLIC INVESTMENT
dc.subjectPUBLIC INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectQUALITY OF WATER
dc.subjectROAD
dc.subjectROAD QUALITY
dc.subjectROAD SECTOR
dc.subjectROADS
dc.subjectSERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subjectSERVICE LEVELS
dc.subjectSERVICE PROVISION
dc.subjectSERVICE QUALITY
dc.subjectSERVICE RELIABILITY
dc.subjectSUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE SERVICES
dc.subjectTELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
dc.subjectTRANSPORT
dc.subjectTRANSPORTATION
dc.subjectTRANSPORTATION COSTS
dc.subjectURBAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectWATER INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectWATER OPERATORS
dc.subjectWATER SECTOR
dc.subjectWATER SERVICE
dc.subjectWATER SERVICES
dc.subjectWATER SUPPLY
dc.subjectWATER SUPPLY SERVICES
dc.titleEffects of Improving Infrastructure Quality on Business Costs : Evidence from Firm-Level Dataen
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okr.crossref.titleEffects of improving infrastructure quality on business costs: evidence from firm-level data
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T10:19:29.253327Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/9293279/effects-improving-infrastructure-quality-business-costs-evidence-firm-level-data
okr.globalpracticeSocial, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpracticeTransport and ICT
okr.globalpracticeWater
okr.guid102251468282883638
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-4581
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000158349_20080328103124
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum9293279
okr.identifier.reportWPS4581
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.region.administrativeEurope and Central Asia
okr.region.geographicalEastern Europe
okr.region.geographicalCentral Asia
okr.topicWater Supply and Sanitation::Town Water Supply and Sanitation
okr.topicTransport Economics Policy and Planning
okr.topicCommunities and Human Settlements::Urban Slums Upgrading
okr.topicInfrastructure Economics and Finance::Infrastructure Economics
okr.topicInfrastructure Economics and Finance::Private Participation in Infrastructure
okr.topicTransport
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume1 of 1
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