QUANTITY VERSUS QUALITY IN INFRASTRUCTURE

Anthony H Rowley

Chapter 11 in Foundations of the Future:The Global Battle for Infrastructure, 2020, pp 123-129 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: 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…

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 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H54 O1 O18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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