Financing Infrastructure in Asia and the Pacific: Capturing Impacts and New Sources
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This book presents several country studies and explains how infrastructure investment can increase output, taxes, trade, and firm productivity.
Governments throughout the Asia-Pacific region recognize the catalyzing role of infrastructure investment for sustainable growth. Yet, they are faced with the problem of financing new infrastructure. This book provides the latest evidence on the impact of infrastructure investment on economic and social indicators. Presenting several country studies, the book explains how infrastructure investment can increase output, taxes, trade, and firm productivity. Based on this evidence, the book proposes innovative modes of infrastructure financing. Written by leading international experts in economic analysis of infrastructure, the book is an invaluable source for policy makers to better design infrastructure projects.
Contents
- Part I: Economic Impact of Infrastructure Investment
- Chapter 1. An Impact Evaluation of Infrastructure Investment: The Case of the Tashguzar–Boysun–Kumkurgon Railway in Uzbekistan by Naoyuki Yoshino and Umid Abidhadjaev
- Chapter 2. Impact of Infrastructure Investment on Tax: Estimating the Spillover Effects of the Kyushu High-Speed Rail Line in Japan on Regional Tax Revenues by Naoyuki Yoshino and Umid Abidhadjaev
- Chapter 3. The “Highway Effect” on Public Finance: The Case of the Southern Tagalog Arterial Road Tollway in the Philippines by Naoyuki Yoshino and Victor Pontines
- Part II: Development Impact of Infrastructure
- Chapter 4. The Productivity Effect of Infrastructure Investment in Thailand and Japan by Naoyuki Yoshino and Masaki Nakahigashi
- Chapter 5. The Effect of Infrastructure on Firm Productivity: Evidence from the Manufacturing Sector in the People’s Republic of China by Yan Zhang, Guanghua Wan, and Youxing Huang
- Chapter 6. The Impact of Ports Improvements on Education in the Philippines by Kris Francisco and Matthias Helble
- Chapter 7. Assessing the Impact of Road Development on Household Welfare in Rural Papua New Guinea by Christopher Edmonds, Martin Wiegand, Eric Koomen, Menno Pradhan, and Bo Pieter Johannes Andrée
- Part III: Connectivity and Cross-Border Infrastructure
- Chapter 8. The Impact of Shipping Connectivity on Trade Performance: The Case of the Pacific by Matthias Helble
- Chapter 9. The Impact of Infrastructure on Trade and Economic Growth in Selected Economies in Asia by Normaz Wana Ismail and Jamilah Mohd Mahyideen
- Chapter 10. Evaluating Impacts of Cross-Border Transport Infrastructure in the Greater Mekong Subregion: Three Approaches by Manabu Fujimura
- Part IV: Financing Infrastructure
- Chapter 11. Back to the Future: Instructive Features from Past Innovations in Raising Private Finance for Infrastructure by Naoyuki Yoshino and Grant B. Stillman
- Chapter 12. Infrastructure Financing Modalities in Asia and the Pacific Region: Strengths and Weaknesses by Michael Regan
- Chapter 13. Infrastructure Investment, Private Finance, and Institutional Investors: Asia from a Global Perspective by Georg Inderst
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