Infrastructure category: 179 books
Facilitating Infrastructure Development in India
ADB's Experience and Best Practices in Project Implementation
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has been working in partnership with the Government of India, state governments, and executing agencies to facilitate infrastructure development towards meeting the nation's economic and human development goals. It has supported almost 160 projects across eight infrastructure...
by Ingo Walter (ed.)
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2016
Infrastructure and its effects on economic growth, social welfare, and sustainability receive a great deal of attention today. There is widespread agreement that infrastructure is a key dimension of global development and that its impact reaches deep into the broader economy with important and multifaceted...
by Andres Luis; Foster Vivien; Guasch Jose Luis; Haven Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2008
Infrastructure plays a key role in fostering growth and productivity and has been linked to improved earnings, health, and education levels for the poor. Yet Latin America is currently faced with a dangerous combination of relatively low public and private infrastructure investment. Those investment...
Balancing the Burden?
Desk Review of Women's Time Poverty and Infrastructure in Asia and the Pacific
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
This desk review explores the links between infrastructure development and women's time poverty in Asia and the Pacific by drawing on time-use data and reviewing existing research and evidence from impact evaluations. Three questions are asked: (i) What contribution does infrastructure make in reducing...
Practice Guidelines for Harmonizing HIV Prevention Initiatives in the Infrastructure Sector
Greater Mekong Subregion
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Development partners have recognized the obligation to mitigate HIV risks associated with infrastructure development as an opportunity to contribute to the fight against HIV/AIDS and poverty in the Greater Mekong Subregion. Development partners agreed to strengthen inter-agency cooperation and harmonization...
by Dr. Souvik Chatterji
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
The Second Volume of Laws of Infrastructure Development deals with requirement of regulatory laws in certain growing infrastructure sectors in India. For example, the Natural Gas sector requires an independent Sectoral Regulator. Presently the regulator which regulates oil also regulate natural gas...
Move: How to Rebuild and Reinvent America's Infrastructure
Putting America’s Infrastructure Back in the Lead
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2015
Americans are stuck.
Americans are stuck.
We live with travel delays on congested roads, shipping delays on clogged railways, and delays on repairs and project approvals due to gridlocked leadership. And when we can’t move, when goods are delayed, and when information networks can’t...
by Laursen Thomas; Myers Bernard
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2009
This paper describes the characteristics of public investment management (PIM) in seven EU countries as it applies to a single sector transport infrastructure. The report highlights some of the common challenges that four relatively new EU member states Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Latvia face as...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2018
The Asian Development Bank and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the People's Republic of China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea (ASEAN+3) are looking to explore options to promote green local currency-denominated bonds to meet the region's infrastructure development needs. Green bonds---supported...
Securitization in India
Managing Capital Constraints and Creating Liquidity to Fund Infrastructure Assets
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
India needs to spend close to Rs43 trillion (about $646 billion) on infrastructure through to 2022. Such a staggering requirement cannot be met though traditional sources such as public sector bank loans. India must immediately explore and quickly ramp up financing from alternative investment sources....
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
This publication is a comparative analysis of the provision of infrastructure in the Republic of Korea and the Kingdom of Thailand. It presents a comparative assessment of the two countries with the purpose of learning from the experience of others. Those interested in identifying the similarities...
Intersections: Gender, HIV, and Infrastructure Operations
Lessons from Selected ADB–Financed Transport Projects
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is committed to mainstream gender equality approaches in all sectors of its operations. This publication assesses the nexus between gender inequalities, HIV spread, and infrastructure development. A desk review and comparative analysis of existing infrastructure sector...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2018
To best serve current and future generations, infrastructure needs to be resilient to the changing world while using limited resources in a sustainable manner. Research on and funding towards sustainability and resilience are growing rapidly, and significant research is being carried out at a number...
by Frank R. Spellman
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Agriculture represents one of America’s critical infrastructures. The second edition of Food Supply Protection and Homeland Security addresses threats to humans including the introduction of anthrax, various poisons, small pox, or salmonella to our food supply. As in the first edition, the author...