Measuring the Impact of Asset Complementarities: The Case of Rural Peru

The exact type, critical mass, and combination of public and private assets needed to move out of poverty have not been sufficiently studied. This paper analyzes three types of public infrastructure and services: a) "traditional infrastructure" such as transportation, sewer systems, water,...

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Autores principales:	Escobal,Javier, Torero,Máximo
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Instituto de Economía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile 2005
Materias:	Development Poverty Trap Public Assets Complementarity Infrastructure
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0717-682120050125000072005-06-15Measuring the Impact of Asset Complementarities: The Case of Rural PeruEscobal,JavierTorero,Máximo Development Poverty Trap Public Assets Complementarity Infrastructure The exact type, critical mass, and combination of public and private assets needed to move out of poverty have not been sufficiently studied. This paper analyzes three types of public infrastructure and services: a) "traditional infrastructure" such as transportation, sewer systems, water, electricity which do not generate positive network externalities; b) «human-capital-generating public services» that are capable of creating mobile private assets, such as schooling and health services and c) «information and communication technologies», such as telephone or Internet, all of which generate network externalities. Using Peruvian LSMS data we quantify the differential impact on poverty of each of these types of investments, as well as the interaction effect between so- called traditional types of infrastructure and those which generate network externalitiesinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessInstituto de Economía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileCuadernos de economía v.42 n.125 20052005-05-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-68212005012500007en10.4067/S0717-68212005012500007
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description	The exact type, critical mass, and combination of public and private assets needed to move out of poverty have not been sufficiently studied. This paper analyzes three types of public infrastructure and services: a) "traditional infrastructure" such as transportation, sewer systems, water, electricity which do not generate positive network externalities; b) «human-capital-generating public services» that are capable of creating mobile private assets, such as schooling and health services and c) «information and communication technologies», such as telephone or Internet, all of which generate network externalities. Using Peruvian LSMS data we quantify the differential impact on poverty of each of these types of investments, as well as the interaction effect between so- called traditional types of infrastructure and those which generate network externalities
author	Escobal,Javier Torero,Máximo
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title	Measuring the Impact of Asset Complementarities: The Case of Rural Peru
title_short	Measuring the Impact of Asset Complementarities: The Case of Rural Peru
title_full	Measuring the Impact of Asset Complementarities: The Case of Rural Peru
title_fullStr	Measuring the Impact of Asset Complementarities: The Case of Rural Peru
title_full_unstemmed	Measuring the Impact of Asset Complementarities: The Case of Rural Peru
title_sort	measuring the impact of asset complementarities: the case of rural peru
publisher	Instituto de Economía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
publishDate	2005
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Measuring the Impact of Asset Complementarities: The Case of Rural Peru

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