Investing in public investment: An index of public investment efficiency

Journal of Economic Growth

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 235-266

  Dabla Norris, Era ^a   Brumby, Jim ^b   Kyobe, Annette ^a   Mills, Zac ^b   Papageorgiou, Chris ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Growth; Implementation; Project appraisal; Public investment; Public investment management; Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865409115     PISSN: 13814338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10887-012-9078-5     Document Type: Article

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