Infrastructure

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Podcast Episode

Betting on the future with infrastructure

Adie Tomer and Fred Dews

Friday, April 16, 2021

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the investments in the American Jobs Plan in the South Court Auditorium in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Vice President Kamala Harris looked on as President Biden delivered remarks aimed at pressuring Republicans to support his $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan. Photo by Leigh Vogel/Pool/Sipa USANo Use Germany.

The Avenue

Biden’s infrastructure plan replaces federal cynicism with a sweeping vision

Friday, April 9, 2021

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Up Front

Class Notes: College readiness, disability insurance, and more

Ariel Gelrud Shiro and Richard V. Reeves

Thursday, April 8, 2021

Rebuilding American infrastructure for the 21st century

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EDT

Reports

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Essay

Rebuild with purpose: An affirmative vision for 21st century American infrastructure

Adie Tomer, Joseph W. Kane, and Caroline George

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

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Climate Change

Inviting danger: How federal disaster, insurance and infrastructure policies are magnifying the harm of climate change

Sadie Frank, Eric Gesick, and David G. Victor

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

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Report

How federal infrastructure investment can put America to work

Marcela Escobari, Dhruv Gandhi, and Sebastian Strauss

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Wind energy

Climate Change

Blueprints to advance climate change mitigation and resilience

Samantha Gross and Adie Tomer

March 1, 2021

Wildfire

Climate Change

How a federal Climate Planning Unit can manage built environment risks and costs

Joseph W. Kane, Jenny Schuetz, Shalini Vajjhala, and Adie Tomer

March 1, 2021

Blog Posts

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The Avenue

In Jackson, Miss., a water crisis has revealed the racial costs of legacy infrastructure

Andre M. Perry, Joseph W. Kane, and Carl Romer

March 29, 2021

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TechTank

TechTank Podcast Episode 15: To build back better, the U.S. needs a digital service corps

Nicol Turner Lee

Monday, March 22, 2021

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Africa in Focus

Figures of the week: Africa’s spatial distribution of road infrastructure

Leo Holtz and Chris Heitzig

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

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Events

A conversation about climate change mitigation and resilience

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

The great real estate reset: Rethinking how and what we build

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST

How we rebuild: A conversation with President Jin Liqun on the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s fifth anniversary

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

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Related Books

THE HOUSING CHALLENGE IN EMERGING ASIA

Edited by Matthias Helbe and Naoyuki Yoshino

2016

Connecting South Asia and Southeast Asia

By ADBI

2015

Transcontinental Infrastructure Needs to 2030/2050

By Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD

2013

Experts

Joseph W. Kane

Senior Research Associate and Associate Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program

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Adie Tomer

Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program

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Blair Levin

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program

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Multimedia

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Telecommunications & Internet

Revitalizing America’s infrastructure and economy

Monday, March 22, 2021

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Podcast Episode

Sustainable Development Spotlight: Federal infrastructure investment can put America to work

Marcela Escobari

Thursday, March 18, 2021

Washington, DC - April 29, 2017: Thousands of people attend the People's Climate March to stand up against climate change. By Nicole Glass Photography

Podcast Episode

What’s in Biden’s $2 trillion climate plan?

Joseph W. Kane and Adrianna Pita

Friday, July 24, 2020

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More on Infrastructure

Bridge under construction

How federal infrastructure dollars get nickeled and dimed

Clifford Winston

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

A worker walks past solar panels at Centragrid power plant in Nyabira, Zimbabwe, June 22, 2020. Picture taken June 22, 2020. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

Improving infrastructure in Africa: Creating long-term resilience through investment

Alain Ebobissé

Thursday, March 4, 2021

Building

Four lessons from a year of pandemic housing policies

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

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How a national network of local leaders is centering racial equity in neighborhood revitalization

Michelle Matthews

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Clean energy worker

How renewable energy jobs can uplift fossil fuel communities and remake climate politics

Adie Tomer, Joseph W. Kane, and Caroline George

February 23, 2021

Minister of Finance, Nirmala Sitharaman leaves the North Block of the Central Secretariat building for the Parliament to announce the union budget in New Delhi. (Photo by Ganesh Chandra / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Walking the talk: Infrastructure, privatization, and digital in India’s budget speeches

Friday, February 19, 2021