by Vance Tan | Mar 28, 2014 | Economic impacts
Abstract In recent decades, macro-level studies in economics beginning with David Aschauer in the late 1980s have reported a strong positive association between higher levels of investment in infrastructure and economic growth. A larger stock of infrastructure is...
by Vance Tan | Mar 28, 2014 | Infrastructure systems
Abstract The aim of this paper is to focus on infrastructure and economic growth links in low income countries especially in Africa and identify the challenges for sustainable development finance. The link between infrastructure and growth can act in both directions –...
by Vance Tan | Mar 28, 2014 | Transport
Abstract This paper considers the different approaches applied to determine the requirement for additional infrastructure construction for different transport modes in Britain. Transport infrastructure is usually built to meet three main goals. The first of these is...
by Vance Tan | Mar 27, 2014 | Digital communications
Abstract The UK’s Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) infrastructure sector has considerably evolved in the past decade as firms and consumers have required increased digital connectivity. The speed of technical change in both the supply of ICT...
by Vance Tan | Mar 27, 2014 | Governance
Abstract The governance of infrastructure financing at the city and city-region scales is critical to the search for new and innovative funding mechanisms for infrastructure systems. The changing context has rendered the issues acute. The global financial crisis and...
