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Public investment as an engine of growth /

This paper looks at the empirical record whether big infrastructure and public capital drives have succeeded in accelerating economic growth in low-income countries. It looks at big long-lasting drives in public capital spending, as these were arguably clear and exogenous policy decisions. On averag...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Warner, Andrew M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, ©2014.
©2014
Colección:IMF working paper ; WP/14/148.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Table of Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Framework; 3. Empirical Section on the Impact of Public Investment Drives; A. Empirical Results; B. Post-1990 evidence; C. Sensitivity of the results to an alternative method of selecting boom years; D. Crowding in or crowding out?; E.A comparison of two major episodes: pre and post 1990; 4. Five Case Studies; A. Mexico; B. Bolivia; C. Korea; D. Taiwan province of China; E. Philippines; 5. The World Bank's Project Investment Upsurge; 6. Summary and Conclusions; 7. References; 8. Appendix I: Additional Regression Results.