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Since time immemorial, huge infrastructure projects have been financed with funds from the capital markets. Africa should not rely on development finance institutions.
Dealing with climate change will require countries to ‘decarbonize’ their energy infrastructure. The history of infrastructure suggests this could happen quickly once the transition starts.
October was a strong month for jobs gains, but the president and Congress need to stop waiting for the numbers to improve and begin to act more proactively.
Michelle Grattan and Michael de Percy discuss the week in politics, including the reforms Joe Hockey was unable to implement as treasurer and his likely new role as ambassador in the US.
Head-in-sand attitude of nuclear power plants toward cybersecurity is accident waiting to happen, report finds.
Our roads, bridges and schools are in dire need of aid, and the economic benefits of investment far outweigh the financial costs.
Obama’s trips to vastly different areas – New Orleans and Alaska – laid bare the rising costs of adapting to climate change, now and in the future.
Is the UK chancellor’s new commitment to infrastructure undermined by a reliance on China?
The Chancellor has to face some hard scrutiny of a deal which would look like a communist coup under a Labour PM.
Jamie Briggs talks to Michelle Grattan about his new portfolio, the policy pivot away from just roads toward other infrastructure projects like public transport, and much more.
Broadband is coming to be seen as crucial infrastructure for the 21st century, as were roads and electricity for the 20th. But what does a genuinely 21st century broadband network look like?
There are some important parts of Corbynomics that can offer a clear, distinctive and viable economic programme with which to confront the government.
Without true structural reform and business investment the G20 economies will be unable to deliver on their lofty growth ambitions.
Much of the world still lacks access to proper sanitation and clean water - an issue that needs urgent action. But without low-carbon technologies, clean water could come at the expense of the climate.
Australia's transport infrastructure needs urgent upgrades. But with governments willing to fund only one or two major projects, how do we decide which infrastructure project to prioritise?
Developers are inflating the infrastructure charges levied upon them by as much as 400% - and all buyers end up paying.
Green infrastructure may not be the best thing for Africa despite being environmentally friendly.
Why free-flowing traffic between Dover and Calais is so important.
Concerns have been raised that the mammoth infrastructure projects taking place across Africa provide only a short-term jobs boost.
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Transport and Cities Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor of Urban Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
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Professor of Urban Policy and Director, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
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Proprietor - Hale Consulting, The University of Melbourne
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Director of Energy Studies, University of Florida
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Emeritus Professor of Public Policy, RMIT University
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Executive Director, Better Infrastructure Initiative, John Grill Centre for Project Leadership, University of Sydney
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Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair, Integrated Knowledge, Engineering and Sustainable Communities, University of Calgary
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Head of Urbanism and Associate Professor of Urban Studies, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney
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Professor of Economics, Director of the Australian Institute for Business and Economics, The University of Queensland
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Transport Fellow, Grattan Institute
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Director, Centre for Western Sydney, Western Sydney University
