infrastructure that also makes them archives and works of art. The Cultural Infrastructure of Cities critically re-examines the … relationship between the urban and its cultures. It expands our understanding of the concept of urban cultural infrastructure and … definitions of cultural infrastructure and its 'hard' and 'soft' dimensions before critically considering the vulnerabilities …

This study explores the role of governance in improving infrastructure reliability. It estimates that increasing … infrastructure spending and improving governance in parallel is six times more effective at enhancing transport system performance … infrastructure maintenance is as effective as 1.5 dollar of new investments in many OECD economies. Overall, the evidence in this …

This paper quantitatively assesses the macroeconomic effects of the recently agreed U.S. bipartisan infrastructure … types of infrastructure spending and linkages between the final and intermediate goods sectors. We find that infrastructure … multipliers above unity if infrastructure spending and rising public debt are financed by consumption, dividend and labour income …

Resilience against infrastructure failure is essential for ensuring the health and safety of communities during and …, and damages to critical infrastructure is essential for developing robust approaches to increasing resilience. Identifying … relevant in areas recovering from a natural hazard that have the opportunity to build back their infrastructure, and for those …

This study constructs a microdata set of about 143,000 firms to estimate the monetary costs of infrastructure … disruptions in 137 low- and middle-income countries, representing 78 percent of the world population and 80 percent of the GDP of … substantial drag that unreliable infrastructure imposes on firms in developing countries. Yet, these figures are likely to be …

. Infrastructure provision is seen as a particularly important instrument for helping in regional development where government can play … a significant role due to the public goods nature of infrastructure facilities. Literature confirms the positive … association between infrastructure and growth. However, it is not necessary that economic growth attributable to infrastructure …

This paper discusses governmental fiscal support for financing long-term infrastructure projects in ASEAN countries … critical role of such fiscal support in making feasible the financing of long-term infrastructure projects that may be … need to secure budgets for long-term infrastructure projects, which may be done through a medium-term expenditure framework …