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Quantity Versus Quality In Infrastructure

In: FOUNDATIONS OF THE FUTURE The Global Battle for Infrastructure

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Part of the fallout from the current infrastructure wars is an acrimonious debate over the need for so-called quality infrastructure. This issue has aroused such strong emotions as to cause US Vice President Michael Pence to launch a fierce tirade against China; Japan to disparage China and other infrastructure rivals; the World Bank to join other development banks in veiled warnings about the dangers of inferior infrastructure; and the G20 nations to pronounce upon infrastructure quality in official communiqués…

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  • Anthony H Rowley, 2020. "Quantity Versus Quality In Infrastructure," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: FOUNDATIONS OF THE FUTURE The Global Battle for Infrastructure, chapter 11, pages 123-129, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:wschap:9789811218040_0011
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    Keywords

    Infrastructure; Battle; Belt and Road; BRI; Connectivity; AIIB. ADB. MDBs. Financing Gap; Poverty; Strategic; Logistics; Great Game; China; United States; Europe; Asia; Disasters; Environment; Climate Change; Engineering; Highways; Railways; Communications; Energy; Water; India; Australia; AAGC; Trilateral Partnership; SDGs; Sustainable Investment; Corruption;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • H54 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Infrastructures
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development

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