Publication: The Impact of Infrastructure on Development Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis
Date
2023-03
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Published
2023-03
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Abstract
This paper presents a meta-analysis
of the infrastructure research done over more than three
decades, using a database of close to a thousand estimates
from 201 papers conducted between 1983–2022, reporting
outcome elasticities. The analysis casts a wide net to
include the transport, energy, and digital or information
and communications technology sectors and the whole set of
outcomes covered in the literature, including output,
employment and wages, inequality and poverty, trade,
education and health, population, and environmental aspects.
The results allow for an update of the underlying parameters
of interest, the “true” underlying infrastructure
elasticities, accounting for publication bias, as well as
for heterogeneity stemming from both study design and
context, with a particular focus on policy relevant
subsectors and developing countries.
Citation
“Foster, Vivien; Gorgulu, Nisan; Jain, Dhruv; Straub, Stéphane; Vagliasindi, Maria. 2023. The Impact of Infrastructure on Development Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis. Policy Research Working Papers; 10350. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/39534 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO.”