Andrés, Luis
[VerfasserIn]
;
Biller, Dan
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft];
Andrés, Luis
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft];
Dappe, Matías Herrera
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]
Erschienen:
Washington, D.C: The World Bank, 2014
2014
Umfang:
Online-Ressource (39 p)
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1596/1813-9450-7032
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Reproduktionsreihe:
World Bank eLibrary
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Beschreibung:
If the South Asia region hopes to meet its development goals and not risk slowing down or even halting growth, poverty alleviation, and shared prosperity, it is essential to make closing its huge infrastructure gap a priority. Identifying and addressing gaps in the data on expenditure, access, and quality are crucial to ensuring that governments make efficient, practical, and effective infrastructure development choices. This study addresses this knowledge gap by focusing on the current status of infrastructure sectors and geographical disparities, real levels of investment and private sector participation, deficits and proper targets for the future, and bottlenecks to expansion. The findings show that the South Asia region needs to invest between US