01623cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF017444 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781475578959 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Lanau, Sergi. The Growth Return of Infrastructure in Latin America / Sergi Lanau. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2017. 1 online resource (20 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper examines the effects of improvements in infrastrucutre on sectoral growth and firm-level investment, focusing on six Latin American countries. Exploiting the heterogeneity in the quality of infrastructure across countries and the intrinsic variation in the dependence of sectors on infrastructure, I find that better infrastructure raises growth and investment. Improved infrastructure could yield large economic benefits. For example, if the quality of infrastructure in Colombia increased to the sample median (Czech Republic), GDP growth would increase by about 0.1 percentage points. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2017/035 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2017/035/001.2017.issue-035-en.xml IMF e-Library