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Title:

Nexus Between Infrastructure Investments and Development: Case of Sri Lanka

Accession Number:

01089236

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

This paper compares the pattern of change in physical infrastructure investments in Sri Lanka to that of countries, which in 1965 had similar economic growth potentials. A modified Quasi Experimental Method is used to identify such countries. Theoretically this paper highlights the importance of physical infrastructure investments for sustained economic development. It concludes that in spite of the on-going political conflict, if Sri Lanka had strategically invested in its physical infrastructure, it could have attained higher levels of economic development. It also illustrates some weakness in the orthodox view, which contends that social capital may substitute for physical infrastructure.

Monograph Accession #:

01084478

Report/Paper Numbers:

08-1347

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Gunasekera, Kumudu

Pagination:

13p

Publication Date:

2008

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 87th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2008-1-13 to 2008-1-17
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

DVD

Features:

Figures (8) ; References (9) ; Tables (4)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Social capital

Geographic Terms:

Sri Lanka

Subject Areas:

Administration and Management; Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2008 Paper #08-1347

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jan 29 2008 3:42PM