public-private partnerships (PPP) to finance, develop, manage and operate water infrastructure facilities. However, as in the … case of other public infrastructure projects, not all PPPs in the water sector have been successful. Using cases of both … infrastructure projects with private sector participation and whether PPPs have a future in water infrastructure development in …

impoverished neighborhood, I examine the everyday violence and the responses of the population. Due to the deficient infrastructure … and uncertainty. Recent scholarly literature has pointed to the influence of illegal economies in urban planning and …

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 …

The purpose of the Resilient Water Infrastructure Design Brief is to guide users on how resilience can be built into … sanitation infrastructure (droughts, floods, and high winds from storms), the document provides a six-step process to help users … address weather and climate related challenges that are most likely to affect an infrastructure component at some point in its …

This chapter discusses infrastructure development in the Philippines under decentralization using illustrations mainly … government units (LGUs) face in narrowing down the infrastructure gaps in their various jurisdictions. To enable LGUs' project …, decentralized infrastructure development can take off, guided by an effective division of labor between the national government and …

effects of water supply infrastructure, including spillover effects or externalities, the impacts are significant. One of the … spillover effects of the development of water supply infrastructure could be the development of the region by inviting new … effects of water supply infrastructure developments. Our model shows how the incremental tax revenues that were previously …

This paper explores the benefits and the costs of strengthening infrastructure assets to make them more resilient …, reducing the repair costs and infrastructure disruptions caused by natural hazards. Strengthening infrastructure assets in low … billion dollar and 65 billion dollar a year, id est 3 percent of baseline infrastructure investment needs. The uncertainty …