## Bang for Your Buck: Public Investment & Efficiency

_IMF Blog, April 19, 2016_

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**Canonical URL:** [Bang for Your Buck: Public Investment & Efficiency](https://www.imf.org/en/blogs/articles/2016/04/19/bang-for-your-buck-public-investment-efficiency)

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- [Markdown version](/en/blogs/articles/2016/04/19/bang-for-your-buck-public-investment-efficiency/index.md)
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## Bibliographic details
- Authors: iMFdirect
- Published: April 19, 2016

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### Summary
- Publication: iMFdirect
- Date: April 19, 2016
- Format: Web landing page with podcast
- Core topic: The relationship between public investment spending and its impact on economic growth across countries with varying levels of investment efficiency.

### Findings from the page
- Public capital examples cited: road, bridges, electricity.
- Public capital can make countries richer by attracting more investment and building economic growth, especially when many countries are struggling with low growth.
- Contrary to common expectations among many economists, new research by IMF economists shows that public investment projects in highly efficient countries do not necessarily have a greater impact on growth.
- The IMF’s Andy Berg explains in the podcast that the impact on growth from public investment spending is similar in both high and low-efficiency countries.

### Media
- Podcast featuring IMF’s Andy Berg.
- Embedded SoundCloud track identified on the page with URL: https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/256740748

*Source: Bang for Your Buck: Public Investment & Efficiency — iMFdirect, April 19, 2016*

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## References

- [public investment projects](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2014/res093014a.htm)
- [podcast](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/podcast.aspx)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/blogs/articles/2016/04/19/bang-for-your-buck-public-investment-efficiency_