Infrastructure regulation and poverty reduction in developing countries: A review of the evidence and a research agenda

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 177-188

  Parker, David ^a,b   Kirkpatrick, Colin ^a   Figueira Theodorakopoulou, Catarina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Infrastructure; Poverty; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 41649102030     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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