Financing the Future
Author | : United States. Commission to Promote Investment in America's Infrastructure |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Capital investments |
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Author | : United States. Commission to Promote Investment in America's Infrastructure |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Capital investments |
ISBN | : |
Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Economic Development |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Infrastructure (Economics) |
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Author | : Commission to Promote Investment in America's Infrastructure |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Capital investments |
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Author | : Lisa Idzikowski |
Publisher | : Greenhaven Publishing LLC |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2018-12-15 |
Genre | : Young Adult Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1534504095 |
Engineers argue that inadequate maintenance of roads, bridges, airports, waterways, and other critical aspects of infrastructure along with underinvestment have created an infrastructure crisis in the United States. Many politicians agree with this claim and are attempting to take action. However, we are faced with the issue of which projects are most essential and how to fund them. Is the state of America's infrastructure that dire compared to the rest of the world? Are these efforts to improve it a cynical ploy from politicians to gain attention and ensure reelection? This volume considers the many perspectives of this pressing issue.
Author | : United States. Commission to Promote Investment in America's Infrastructure |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Capital investments |
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Author | : Edward L. Glaeser |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 479 |
Release | : 2021-11-11 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 022680058X |
"Policy-makers often call for expanding public spending on infrastructure, which includes a broad range of investments from roads and bridges to digital networks that will expand access to high-speed broadband. Some point to near-term macro-economic benefits and job creation, others focus on long-term effects on productivity and economic growth. This volume explores the links between infrastructure spending and economic outcomes, as well as key economic issues in the funding and management of infrastructure projects. It draws together research studies that describe the short-run stimulus effects of infrastructure spending, develop new estimates of the stock of U.S. infrastructure capital, and explore the incentive aspects of public-private partnerships (PPPs). A salient issue is the treatment of risk in evaluating publicly-funded infrastructure projects and in connection with PPPs. The goal of the volume is to provide a reference for researchers seeking to expand research on infrastructure issues, and for policy-makers tasked with determining the appropriate level of infrastructure spending"--
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Total Pages | : 72 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Government publications |
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Author | : R. Richard Geddes |
Publisher | : Government Institutes |
Total Pages | : 205 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0844743461 |
"In The Road to Renewal: Private Investment in U.S. Transportation Infrastructure, R. Richard Geddes surveys the current state of the American transportation system and finds that, like the roads themselves, the existing policy approach is in desperate need of repair. Drawing on the basic economic principles behind supply, demand, competition, and incentives, Geddes argues that a shift toward increased use of public-private partnerships (PPPs)--contractual agreements between public agencies and private parties that allow private participation in the design, construction, operation, and delivery of transportation facilities--could significantly improve the quality of America's transportation infrastructure. By learning to see themselves as customers and investors--rather than mere users--of roads and highways, Americans should expect to receive a reasonable return on their investment: thorough, effective maintenance of America's transportation infrastructure. The Road to Renewal shows how incorporating increased private participation can halt the deterioration of America's transportation system and become the foundation for a safer, more efficient transportation future."--P. [4] of cover.
Author | : Everett Ehrlich |
Publisher | : CSIS |
Total Pages | : 26 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780892064786 |
America's infrastructure policy is at a crossroads, caught between rising demands and outdated programs to address them. Airports, highways, ports, and harbors are severely congested. Drinking water and wastewater facilities, bridges, dams and school buildings are in poor condition. The cost of these failures is great: time is lost to delay, commerce is impeded, business productivity is compromised, and lives are threatened. Yet federal investment in public infrastructure has decreased steadily as a share of both the economy and federal spending over the past two decades. The risk of under investment is only part of the equation. Of equal or greater concern is the prospect that the investments we make are not the right ones. Our nation's infrastructure policy favors new construction even when maintenance, renovation, and improved management offer better responses to the problem. Infrastructure policy favors politics over sound investment principles. And as our programs fail to change in response to new realities, additional spending will be progressively less able to solve our infrastructure problems. This report outlines the considerations involved in rethinking infrastructure policy--the types of infrastructure needed, the technology for providing it, and the sophistication of the various actors involved. It makes a case for folding public school buildings into the national infrastructure policy framework. Finally, the report presents a plan to restructure the federal role in infrastructure provision that would improve returns on public investment and strengthen America's economic foundations for the twenty-first century.