Highway-Induced Development: Evidence from Sri Lanka

World Development

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2371-2389

  Gunasekera, Kumudu ^a   Anderson, William ^b   Lakshmanan, T R ^b  

^a PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

induced development; infrastructure impact studies; South Asia; Sri Lanka; transport

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 53849125010     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.10.014     Document Type: Article

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