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parlous position of many governments and the current global crisis. Infrastructure affordability is a central theme in this … adequate new foundations. The “infrastructure (un-)affordability problem” needs to be much better appreciated, understood and …Modern societies have failed to find affordable ways to fund needed infrastructure. Problems have multiplied from …
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Policy and planning for the provision of water supply and sanitation services in developing countries. Reviews available technologies, but emphasizes the planning and policy process, including economic, social, environmental, and health issues. Incorporates considerations of financing, pricing,...
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Import substitution presents many economic development opportunities that can help regions achieve greater economic sustainability and self-reliance. Yet import substitution is largely neglected in economic development theory, practice and literature. There are few methods and resources...
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problem of affordability of these environmental-related utility services remains urgent. Welfare economics literature suggests … to neglect affordability aspects by separating allocative from distributive impacts of pricing. In practice, this … takes competing objectives into account. From this viewpoint it appears to be worth investigating the affordability …
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affordability, uncertainty in design and technology impact assessment are shaping the modern design environment. Current …
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A workshop was organised on the Impact Assessment on the "Commission's Communication on Water Scarcity and Droughts". This was held in the context of an ENVI report currently drafted by MEP Richard SEEBER (EPP-ED) on the abovementioned Communication published by the European Commission on 18...
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Extract: Infrastructure is undoubtedly the least understood of the major asset classes in Australia. A tradition of … central role that infrastructure plays in both developed and developing economies. Evidence indicates that infrastructure … infrastructure has important implications for Australia's future economic development and standard of living. …
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Infrastructure is a key ingredient in the recipe for regional economic prosperity—a constantrequirement as the U …—has become astaple infrastructure in the diet of competitive regional economies (Federal CommunicationsCommission, February 2009 … summarizes the status of broadband infrastructure and use in rural areas of the United States,with a particular focus on Sussex …
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Los Angeles has had the worst traffic for the longest time out of any American city with many of its residents commuting for over an hour to and from work. The solution to this problem has existed for over 50 years but political forces have stopped its implementation. With the funding problems...
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analysis is to investigate the importance of health, education, and infrastructure indicators for income growth. The second … poverty line. I also find that infrastructure has not been an important determinant for income mobility, and neither has …
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