infrastructure

ANALYSIS: The Pros and Cons of Chinese Investment in Latin America

By extending into Latin America, China's Belt and Road is filling a vacuum for much-needed local infrastructure. However, environmental and labor concerns linger.

• Belt and Road Initiative
• Chinese investments
• infrastructure
• Hydropower
• Latin America
• China foreign policy
• caribbean

Academic Assault on Xi's Policies Hints at Scaled Back Belt and Road

Xi Jinping's Belt and Road has been subjected to a flurry of academic criticism, a sign of brewing discontent over what is seen as excessive spending on 'foreign aid'.

• Xi Jinping
• infrastructure
• Chinese communist party
• Maritime Silk Road
• Belt and Road
• Zhongnanhai

Urbanization, the Escalator Dilemma and Big Data

Cities might be better off if people stood still on longer climbs, one study finds.

• infrastructure
• urbanization

Are Trains the Future of Transport in Taiwan?

While the government remains enthusiastic about railways, others suggest large-scale spending on new infrastructure is misguided.

• TRA
• HSR
• infrastructure

10 Ways Infrastructure is Impacting the Environment in Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is the center of a global tsunami of construction.

• Southeast Asia
• environment conservation
• infrastructure

Lack of Infrastructure in Africa as a Problem of Resource Allocation

• INTL
• Africa
• infrastructure