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Addressing the Infrastructure Gap - New Toll Roads in Senegal

Geoff Riley

3rd February 2018

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Ed Glaeser often makes the point that introducing early the user-pays principle into infrastructure investment is a key part of the infrastructure jigsaw especially in developing countries. This short video focuses on a new toll road connecting Dakar to its suburbs which has created new jobs and reduced journey times. There are numerous positive multiplier effects at work along the highway.

Addressing the Infrastructure Gap - New Toll Roads in Senegal
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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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