Crisis in Latin America : Infrastructure Investment, Employment and the Expectations of Stimulus / Schwartz, Jordan Z
Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2009Description: Online-Ressource (22 p)Additional physical formats: Schwartz, Jordan Z: Crisis in Latin America DOI: DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-5009Online resources: Summary: Infrastructure investment is a central part of the stimulus plans of the Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) region as it confronts the growing financial crisis. This paper estimates the potential effects on direct, indirect, and induced employment for different types of infrastructure projects with LAC-specific variables. The analysis finds that the direct and indirect short-term employment generation potential of infrastructure capital investment projects may be considerable - averaging around 40,000 annual jobs per USPPN: PPN: 834963892Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-WBA | ZDB-110-WBLNo physical items for this record
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