Directions in Development - Infrastructure – serie

The natural endowment of the Democrat Republic of Congo is unparalleled. However, lack of transport infrastructure is a significant constraint to growth. This report presents new data and techniques that can be used to identify areas where new or improve transport infrastructure can have the largest impact on local economies.

The report assesses the performance of the largest container ports in South Asia, identifies key drivers of port performance and examines how differences in performance are related to those drivers. The report also shows that improving the performance of South Asian container ports could have a dramatic effect on trade.

Latin America and the Caribbean does not have the infrastructure it needs, or deserves, given its income. Many argue that the solution is to spend more; by contrast, this report has one main message: Latin America can dramatically narrow its infrastructure service gap by spending efficiently on the right things.