development
James Stewart: What Sustainable Development Can Teach Us About Infrastructure
imf
How Investing In Infrastructure Lifts The Global Economy
Big Data
How Big Data Can Tackle Traffic
Big Data shows how “selfless” driving could ease traffic congestion.
infrastructure
Chris Heathcote: How Better Data Can Help Address the Global infrastructure Gap
To attract the trillions of dollars needed in infrastructure investment to fuel global growth and create jobs, we need better information about what’s working and why.
Africa
Dana J. Hyde: In the Developing World, the Right Data Can Be a Game Changer
Data can help channel private-sector investment and incentivize reforms, creating a positive cycle for development.
A small American energy company is looking to expand into the developing world. It has limited resources to scope out the relative risk of foreign markets, so it relies in part on a trove of indices gathered by the international community. In the emerging and developing markets of the 21st century, that kind of easily available data can help drive critical foreign investment decisions.
infrastructure
James Stewart: Can We Afford to Pay for the World’s Infrastructure Needs? We Can’t Afford Not To
Paying the word’s infrastructure needs is daunting, which is why we need real leadership and innovative thinking.
air traffic control
Rep. Bill Shuster: How to Keep American Aviation Competitive
Let’s pass legislation to modernize the U.S. aviation system by doing what our competitors have already done — separate air traffic control operations from the safety regulator.
Perspectives
Charles Kenny: Who’s Going to Pay for Sustainable Infrastructure?
Andrew Tatem: How Mobiles Could Aid Disaster Response
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