In 2016, ICED undertook an extensive review of evidence available to support linkages between infrastructure delivery, support for improved urban productivity, and economic growth. The review was undertaken to provide a valuable resource for donors designing programmes or interventions. A series of papers then analysed this evidence presenting a theory of change from activities to outcomes and economic growth impacts, constraints of emerging growth narratives, implications for programme design, and evidence gaps requiring further research.
Economic growth linkages bibliography
This work was carried out under the Infrastructure and Cities for Economic Development (ICED) facility.
ICED supported DFID country offices, central teams and ODA-spending Other Government Departments to deliver DFID’s Economic Development Strategy by scaling up programming and investment in infrastructure and cities. It operated between February 2016 and July 2019.
