Category: Infrastructure

The right way to run a railway

The announcement yesterday that the UK government had decided to withdraw the concession for services on the London to Edinburgh route from a joint venture between Virgin and Stagecoach has stimulated debate about the merits of private ownership versus public…

IMF gets serious about infrastructure

The world’s underinvested in infrastructure and a new approach to building infrastructure should be developed. That is the message of an IMF report published on 18 June. The report, named Making Public Investment More Efficient, critically reviews global experience in…