This paper examines the dynamics of 'technological catch-up'and its effects in contributing to
poverty alleviation, a crucial pillar of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals …

Abstract The South Asia Region (SAR) continues to face electricity shortages,
underinvestment and challenges to improve energy access. Strengthening cooperation for …

The authors have assembled 1960? 2012 infrastructure stock data from 145 countries to
estimate the demand for infrastructure services in emerging markets and develo** …

In his book, The Argumentative Indian, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen recounts that one of his
teachers, the great Cambridge economist Joan Robinson, used to tell him:“the frustrating …

In recent contributions to the emerging anthropology of infrastructure, the issue of agency
often plays the role of the proverbial elephant in the room—an area that most scholars are …

South Asian countries, facing challenges in efficiently meeting growing electricity demand,
can benefit from increased cross-border electricity cooperation and trade by harnessing …

This article discusses a new policy framework to appraise proposals of large transport
infrastructure investments—transport corridors—and applies it to the China-Pakistan …

Development Paper 1601-Strategies for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs) in South Asia: Lessons from Policy Simulations This paper analyzes the major …

Poverty eradication is a worldwide development challenge, and China's poverty reduction
experience, evident in its sustainable development strategy, is receiving increasing …

Already one of the most urbanized nations in South Asia, Pakistan is projected to have a
majority of its population living in cities within three decades. This demographic shift will …