The Impacts of Infrastructure in Development: A Selective Survey

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The 'Highway Effect' on Public Finance: Case of the Star Highway in the Philippines

“…That is, a comparison between what happened to individuals or cities in the presence of the infrastructure project compared with how they would have fared without it (Hansen, Anderson and White 2011). However, micro-economic studies that employed experimental evaluation such as randomized control trials (RCTs), which have been widely adopted in the impact evaluation of education and health policies, is difficult to implement in the context of large-scale infrastructure projects (Sawada 2015). One obstacle to RCT-based evaluation is that the infrastructure project's technical nature prevents randomization since, for instance, the engineering design of the project requires determining the beneficiary villages for an irrigation project (Hansen, Anderson and White 2011).…”

The state and its infrastructure system

“…The second is through having a disproportionate effect on poverty reduction by raising incomes, increasing returns on assets, aiding the developing of human capital, assisting the realisation of scale and enabling the spread of knowledge (Henckel and McKibbin 2017). Sawada (2015) notes that for less-developed states the provision of infrastructure is core to longer-term improvements in welfare to attract international investment. This involves creating mature NISs rather than upgrading pre-existing systems.…”

Towards low‐cost community networks in rural communities: The impact of context using the case study of Beitbridge, Zimbabwe

“…There is existing evidence to indicate how the presence of digital infrastructure can play a key role in enhancing economic development indirectly. For instance, this can happen through creating social capital (Madon, ; May, Dutton, & Munyakazi, ; Sawada, ), even though accurately measuring this remains a challenge (Tabassum & Yeo, ). Digital infrastructure allows communities to gain access to digital products and services, which can enhance economic activities of these communities.…”