Private-sector investment in infrastructure: Rationale and causality for pro-poor impacts

Development Policy Review

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 397-417

  Shah, Rebecca ^a   Batley, Richard ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Infrastructure; Investment; Private participation

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INVESTMENT; LITERATURE REVIEW; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; PRIVATE SECTOR;

EID: 67049107990     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2009.00453.x     Document Type: Review

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