Infrastructure and economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa (English)

This 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...

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Straub,Stephane;

Noumba Um,Paul;

Vellutini,Charles;
Document Date
2009/10/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS5105
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Middle East and North Africa,
Region
Middle East and North Africa,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Infrastructure and economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa
Keywords
public investment in infrastructure

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Straub,Stephane; Noumba Um,Paul; Vellutini,Charles.

Infrastructure and economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5105 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/868241468299067696

Infrastructure and economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa (English)

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