Infrastructure construction and use is at the heart o the current political debate. Not only are European member state governments investing large amounts of money to alleviate the harmful effects of the economic downturn due to the credit crisis, EU accession countries receive large amounts of cohesion funds for infrastructure purposes. Infrastructure is widely believed to contribute largely to economic performance, but to what extent is this the case? How does the productivity of roads, railways and ports relate to the invested money, and what determines their effectiveness?
In this Brief, which focuses to a large extent on Dutch and European practice, numerous distinguished economists describe policy practice and analytical tools for infrastructure appraisal. Moreover, harmonisation of European approaches for evaluation of infrastructure are discussed. The study focuses both on scientific productivity measurement as on case studies of infrastructure policy.
| ISBN: | 9781441981004 |
| Publication date: | 11th January 2011 |
| Author: | W Manshanden, Wouter Jonkhoff |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer New York |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 96 pages |
| Series: | SpringerBriefs in Economics |
| Genres: |
Political economy Civil service and public sector Regional / International studies |
Infrastructure construction and use is at the heart o the current political debate. Not only are European member state governments investing large amounts of money to alleviate the harmful effects of the economic downturn due to the credit crisis, EU accession countries receive large amounts of cohesion funds for infrastructure purposes. Infrastructure is widely believed to contribute largely to economic performance, but to what extent is this the case? How does the productivity of roads, railways and ports relate to the invested money, and what determines their effectiveness?
In this Brief, which focuses to a large extent on Dutch and European practice, numerous distinguished economists describe policy practice and analytical tools for infrastructure appraisal. Moreover, harmonisation of European approaches for evaluation of infrastructure are discussed. The study focuses both on scientific productivity measurement as on case studies of infrastructure policy.
Infrastructure Productivity Evaluation features in the following genres: Political economy, Civil service and public sector, Regional / International studies
Infrastructure Productivity Evaluation is available in Paperback
Infrastructure Productivity Evaluation was written by W Manshanden, Wouter Jonkhoff and published by Springer an imprint of Springer New York
Infrastructure Productivity Evaluation has 96 pages
Yes it is part of SpringerBriefs in Economics series