Um, Paul NoumbaStraub, StephaneVellutini, Charles2012-03-192012-03-192009-10-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/4296This paper analyzes the impact of infrastructure on growth of total factor productivity and per capita income, using both growth accounting techniques and cross-country growth regressions. The two econometric techniques yield some consistent and some different results. Regressions based in the growth accounting framework suggest that electricity production helps explain cross-country differences in total factor productivity growth in the Middle East and North Africa region. Growth regressions support that conclusion, while also stressing an effect of telecommunications infrastructure. Finally, growth regressions also indicate quite consistently that the returns to infrastructure have been lower in the Middle East and North Africa region than in developing countries as a whole.CC BY 3.0 IGOAGGREGATE OUTPUTAGGREGATE PRODUCTION FUNCTIONAPPROACHAVAILABILITYAVERAGE GROWTHAVERAGE GROWTH RATECAPITAL FORMATIONCOUNTRY REGRESSIONSCROSS COUNTRYDECREASING RETURNSDEMAND FOR ELECTRICITYDEPENDENT VARIABLEDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT INDICATORSDISTRIBUTION LOSSESE-SERVICESECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC PERFORMANCEECONOMIC REFORMSECONOMICSELASTICITYELECTRIC POWERELECTRIC SERVICESELECTRIC_POWERELECTRICITYELECTRICITY CONSUMPTIONELECTRICITY GENERATIONELECTRICITY PRODUCTIONELECTRIFICATIONENABLING ENVIRONMENTSEND USERSENDOGENOUS VARIABLEENERGY INFRASTRUCTUREERROR TERMEXPLANATORY VARIABLESEXTERNALITIESFIXED EFFECTSGENERATING CAPACITYGENERATIONGENERATION CAPACITYGEOGRAPHICAL AREAGROWTH ACCOUNTINGGROWTH EFFECTGROWTH IMPACTGROWTH RATEGROWTH RATESGROWTH REGRESSIONGROWTH REGRESSIONSHUMAN CAPITALICTIDINFRASTRUCTURE ACCESSINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTINFRASTRUCTURE POLICIESINFRASTRUCTURESINVENTORYINVESTMENT CLIMATEKNOWLEDGE SHARINGMANUFACTURINGMANUFACTURING INDUSTRYMARGINAL EFFECTMOBILE COMMUNICATIONMOBILE PHONEMOBILE PHONESMOBILE TELEPHONYNATURAL GASNEGATIVE SIGNOILOIL PRODUCINGOIL PRODUCING COUNTRIESOIL RESERVESOIL RESOURCESPANEL REGRESSIONSPCPER CAPITA GROWTHPER CAPITA INCOMEPETROLEUMPHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTUREPOLICY RESEARCHPOLITICAL STABILITYPOPULATION DENSITYPOPULATION GROWTHPOWERPRIVATE INVESTMENTPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENTPRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENTPRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATIONPRODUCTION FUNCTIONPUBLIC INFRASTRUCTUREPUBLIC INVESTMENTQUALITY OF SERVICESRAILRAIL ROUTERAILROADSRAILWAYRAILWAY LINESRAILWAYSRESULTRESULTSROADROAD NETWORKROADSROUTESANITATIONSENSITIVITY ANALYSISSERVICE PROVIDERSSIGNIFICANT EFFECTTELECOMTELECOMMUNICATIONTELECOMMUNICATION DEVELOPMENTTELECOMMUNICATIONSTELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURETELEPHONETELEPHONE CONNECTIONTELEPHONE LINESTELEPHONESTFPTIME PERIODTOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITYTRANSMISSIONTRANSPORTTRUEUNIVERSAL ACCESSUSESWEBWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-5105