Infrastructure

Water treatment plant

The Avenue

Water infrastructure: Today’s funding for tomorrow’s needs

Lynn E. Broaddus

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Sustaining growth in Africa: Economic diversification, job creation, and infrastructure financing

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM EDT

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The Avenue

Looking to hire: Louisville’s efforts to expand and diversify its water workforce

Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Labourers work to reconstruct part of the Marina road in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos June 17, 2016.REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - S1AETKMGFTAA

Africa in focus

Figure of the week: Gaps in Nigeria’s public infrastructure

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Reports

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers his first State of the Union .

U.S. Economy

Trump’s formula for growing the U.S. economy—what will work and what won’t

Martin Neil Baily

Friday, February 16, 2018

U.S. President Trump delivers first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in Washington

State of the Union 2018

Brookings experts on Trump’s first State of the Union

Thursday, February 1, 2018

A commuter waits for a subway train in the L'Enfant Plaza subway station before the start of the morning rush in Washington, U.S. June 12, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC15871F5DF0

Cities & Regions

Delivering inclusive access

Jeffrey Gutman, Adie Tomer, Joseph Kane, Nirav Patel, and Ranjitha Shivaram

August 2017

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Infrastructure

Localities will deliver the next wave of transportation investment

Adie Tomer and Joseph Kane

January, 2018

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Cities & Regions

Less water, more risk: Exploring national and local water use patterns in the U.S.

October, 2017

Blog Posts

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The Avenue

Investing in water infrastructure and workers: Examining the Bay Area’s regional approach

March 7, 2018

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The Avenue

A Rust Belt rebuild can’t rest on locals

Monday, March 5, 2018

Infrastructure workers

The Avenue

Trump’s infrastructure plan puts workers at the bottom. They should be at the top

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

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Events

How to create a better, more efficient approach to infrastructure

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Tackling the ‘Water Problem’: Challenges facing U.S. regulation, sustainability, and global geopolitics

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM EDT

Identifying a fiscally responsible approach to funding infrastructure

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM EST

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Edited by Matthias Helbe and Naoyuki Yoshino

2016

Connecting South Asia and Southeast Asia

By ADBI

2015

Last Exit

By Clifford Winston

2010

Multimedia

Workers are seen during the construction of the LG Electronics washing machine plant in Clarksville, Tennessee, U.S. January 18, 2018. Picture taken January 18, 2018. REUTERS/David Lawder - RC1577C29450

Infrastructure

Trump’s infrastructure plan is a missed opportunity

Thursday, February 15, 2018

An AMTRAK train is seen leaving the Harrison station in New Jersey.

Infrastructure

Will the Trump administration block NYC’s new tunnel project?

Monday, January 8, 2018

Special Assistant to the President for Infrastructure Policy DJ Gribbin (L) holds up a chart showing the regulatory steps to build a highway as U.S. President Donald Trump holds the mic during a CEO town hall on the American business climate at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

Cities & Regions

On Trump’s “Apprentice” model for infrastructure and labor

Friday, June 16, 2017

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More on Infrastructure

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California wants cities to build more housing near transit hubs. Can LA improve its track record on TOD?

Jenny Schuetz, Genevieve Giuliano, and Eun Jin Shin

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

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Communities can’t afford to wait for the federal government to obtain next gen broadband

Friday, February 16, 2018

Construction is seen under way on the Tappan Zee Bridge in Tarrytown

Still no free lunch: Infrastructure investment must be carefully evaluated

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to attendees as he departs his infrastructure initiative meeting at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 12, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC14B00DF4F0

The President’s infrastructure proposal misses the mark: Too much cynicism, too little leadership

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a meeting on his infrastructure initiative at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 12, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC1113AB30F0

Trump’s infrastructure plan: The good, the bad, and the biblical

William A. Galston

Monday, February 12, 2018

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Figures of the week: Addressing barriers to development in Africa’s cities

Friday, February 9, 2018