Private provision of infrastructure in emerging markets: Do institutions matter?

Development Policy Review

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-202

  Banerjee, Sudeshna Ghosh ^c   Oetzel, Jennifer M ^c   Ranganathan, Rupa ^a,b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c World Bank ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; INVESTMENT; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROPERTY RIGHTS;

EID: 33645976748     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2006.00321.x     Document Type: Article

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