...Faheem Ur Rehman; Abul Ala Noman Purpose Infrastructure deficiency in Southeast Asian countries is ever growing and touched to a level where it harms the local economy as well as the international sector of the country. The gap between demand and supply for infrastructure is constantly...

...José Laurindo de Almeida; Helder Ferreira de Mendonça Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the empirical literature that analyzes the effect of the core infrastructure (telecommunication, electricity and transportation) and indirect taxation on economic growth. Design...

... growth effects. Analyzing in detail the case of Peru, the paper explores alternative fiscal rules and frameworks that might help create fiscal space for infrastructure investment. Design/methodology/approach – The paper analyses trends in public and total infrastructure investment in six large...

...Vladimir Kühl Teles; Caio Cesar Mussolini Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the relationship between infrastructure and total factor productivity (TFP) in the four major Latin American economies: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico. Design/methodology/approach The authors...

... of capital to facilitate economic development has long been recognized. Adam Smith (1776) referred to spending on infrastructure as the third rationale for the state. More recently, Krueger (1990), for example, attributed the principal comparative advantage of government to its provision of infrastructure...