In this volume, experts from Europe, North and South America and Asia examine the complexities of financing, installing, implementing and regulating public infr

The complexities of financing, installing, implementing, and regulating public infrastructures, including empirical research, analytical models, and theoretical

The social returns of investment in water, roads, and railways are apparent in the long run, but this distant horizon poses problems to governments and investor

There is widespread acceptance of the importance of infrastructure, but less agreement about how it should be funded and procured. While most public infrastruct

First, the book documents the evolution of Asia's infrastructure over the past half-century and reviews existing literature on the role of infrastructure invest