This paper reviews the book “Infrastructure and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa” by Antonio Estache and Quentin Wodon …. The authors summarize the political debate on infrastructure policy in Africa in a very compelling and knowledgeable way … welfare enhancing benefits of infrastructure investments is less conclusive than suggested in the book. The book also misses …

Water infrastructure in the United States is aging. Budgetary constraints of federal, state and local governments have … resulted in the delay or deferral of critically needed investments. Infrastructure failures such as water main breaks are a … analysis found that media coverage of water infrastructure is an episodic affair with little attention to ongoing issues. WSR …

How can infrastructure help to reduce the gender education gap in developing countries? In this paper, I analyze the … importance of well-functioning infrastructure for the accessibility of secondary schools and the empowering of girls in India. …

municipalities can partially decommission the natural gas infrastructure with the help of municipal heat planning and by re … the partial decommissioning of the natural gas infrastructure. …