The Quality of Public Investment

Author/Editor:

Shankha Chakraborty ; Era Dabla-Norris

Publication Date:

July 1, 2009

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

This paper develops a growth model with specialized goods where inefficient and corrupt bureaucracies interact with the provision of public investment services in affecting the productivity of private capital, specialization, and growth. The model provides potential explanations for the contradictory empirical results on the effects of public investment found in the literature as well as for the role of the quality of public infrastructure investment in creating a gap between rich and poor countries. From a policy perspective, the paper suggests that the link between public investment and growth depends critically on the quality and efficiency of public capital.

Series:

Working Paper No. 2009/154

Subject:

Corruption Crime Expenditure Income Infrastructure Labor National accounts Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP) Public investment spending

English

Publication Date:

July 1, 2009

ISBN/ISSN:

9781451873016/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA2009154

Pages:

23

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