Beyond the gap : how countries can afford the infrastructure they need while protecting the planet /

"Beyond the Gap: How Countries Can Afford the Infrastructure They Need while Protecting the Planet aims to shift the debate regarding investment needs away from a simple focus on spending more and toward a focus on spending better on the right objectives, using relevant metrics. It does so by o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Rozenberg, Julie (Editor ), Fay, Marianne (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : World Bank Group, [2019]
Colección:Sustainable infrastructure series.
Temas:
Infrastructure (Economics) > Developing countries.
Sustainable development > Cost effectiveness.
Développement durable > Coût-efficacité.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Infrastructure (Economics)
Developing countries
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Overview Key Messages; Introduction; How Much New Infrastructure Is Needed? Scenario Approaches Allow for Informed Policy Making; Operations and Maintenance Play a Major Role in Costs; In Sum
  • 1. Making Infrastructure Needs Assessments Useful and Relevant. Key Messages; Introduction; Why Is Estimating Infrastructure Needs So Difficult?; A Framework to Make Infrastructure Investment Needs Assessments Useful; In Sum
  • 2. Water, Sanitation, and IrrigationKey Messages. Introduction; Water and Sanitation: MDG or SDG Makes All the Difference; Irrigation: A Question of How Much to Expand; In Sum
  • 3. Power. Key Messages; Introduction; Universal Access Costs Are Driven by Policy Choices regarding the Strategy to Increase Access; Factoring Climate Change into Investment Needs Estimates; South America: Bringing Climate and Demand Constraints Together; In Sum
  • 4. Transport. Key Messages; Introduction; Rural Accessibility; Urban Transport; Global Transport Needs; In Sum
  • Annex 4A: Transport Investment Can Have Positive Impacts on Welfare but Hide Negative Impacts for Some Actors and for the Environment
  • 5. Flood Protection. Key Messages; Introduction; Costing Coastal and River Flood Protection Strategies; Future Investment Costs Depend on Construction Costs and Risk Aversion; How Different Regions Fare Depends on the Protection Strategy; Protection Strategies Should Budget for Long-Term Maintenance Expenses; In Sum
  • 6. Infrastructure and Disruptive Technologies. Key Messages; Introduction; New Technologies Are Enabling Disruptions and Transformations; New Technologies Could Give Rise to Very Different Futures; What Governments Can Do (and Avoid Doing); In Sum
  • Annex 6A: Methodology to Derive the Three Scenarios
  • Technical Appendix. Boxes; Figures; Maps; Tables.

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