Pipe dreams: Enforcing payment for water and sanitation services in Kenya How can policymakers solve the problem of non-payment of utility bills while still maintaining access to water and sanitation services? Infrastructure Paul Gertler Aidan Coville Sebastian Galiani Susumu Yoshida Published 05.08.20
Competition and the welfare gains from transportation infrastructure in India The construction of the Golden Quadrilateral has seen unequal gains in manufacturing income across states, largely due to proximity to the highway Infrastructure Jose Asturias Manuel García-Santana Published 01.06.20
Fading choice: Access to manufactured goods in remote Ethiopia Transport costs, income, and market size affect variety and prices in villages. Infrastructure investment is thus key to consumer welfare. Infrastructure Jan Willem Gunning Pramila Krishnan Andualem T Mengistu Peng Zhang Published 20.01.20
‘Second-best’ Bus Rapid Transit and traffic congestion in developing countries: Lessons from TransJakarta Evidence from Indonesia’s TransJakarta Bus Rapid Transit suggests that low-cost BRT systems can actually worsen traffic congestion Infrastructure Arya Gaduh Tadeja Gračner Alexander Rothenberg Published 29.11.19
Uncongested mobility in urban India Variation in transportation performance is driven by uncongested mobility due to everyday road obstructions, not conventional traffic congestion Infrastructure Prottoy A. Akbar Victor Couture Gilles Duranton Adam Storeygard Published 18.11.19
The role of the railway network in the growth of London The expansion of transport networks in the 19th century substantially impacted the subsequent economic growth and population distribution in the city Infrastructure Stephan Heblich Stephen Redding Daniel Sturm Published 31.10.18
Bridging the gap: Reducing rural isolation with new infrastructure New bridges generated a 19% internal rate of return by mitigating the loss of wage income due to floods and inducing spillovers on farm productivity Infrastructure Wyatt Brooks Kevin Donovan Published 07.09.18
What are the economic effects of landmine clearance? Demining in Mozambique had a significant impact on the economy due to large positive spillovers Infrastructure Giorgio Chiovelli Stelios Michalopoulos Elias Papaioannou Published 17.08.18
Congestion pricing to solve traffic jams in Bangalore: Not so fast! Congestion pricing is not as effective in reducing travel times as one might presume Infrastructure Gabriel Kreindler Published 29.06.18
