by Vance Tan | Aug 27, 2014 | Economic impacts
Abstract Article in Spanish The article provides a summary of the main new thinking and conclusions reached at the conference about the future of national infrastructure systems and economic prosperity, held in Cambridge, UK on 27–28 March 2014. The following topics...
by Vance Tan | Mar 28, 2014 | Economic impacts, Infrastructure systems
The conference examined the micro- and macro-economics of infrastructure from a variety of perspectives. Appraisal of the economic case for infrastructure projects and programmes is a priority, with wide gaps in understanding the link between infrastructure systems...
by Vance Tan | Mar 28, 2014 | Economic impacts
Abstract A cornerstone of economic growth and development is a robust and functioning national infrastructure system. Concerns arising from the effects of infrastructure failure on the economy are beginning to raise important questions about the risks associated with...
by Vance Tan | Mar 28, 2014 | Economic impacts
Abstract Both the goals and the mechanisms of economics are deeply contested. There is no broad consensus on the capacity of economics to analyse social reality, or to prescribe measures to achieve whatever goals societies see as desirable – economic growth, social...
by Vance Tan | Mar 28, 2014 | Economic impacts
Abstract Matching water availability and demand is amongst the most pressing environmental challenges in the twenty-first century (Rockstrom et al., 2009, Vörösmarty et al., 2010). Water scarcity can limit productivity and economic growth and, at the same time,...
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...
