Infrastructure Policy and Inequality

This book reframes the purpose of infrastructure from being an input to economic growth to becoming a major instrument in reducing socio-economic inequalities in both industrialized and developing countries.

Autorentext

Michael A. Cohen is a Professor of International Affairs and was the Founding Director of the Graduate Program in International Affairs from The New School University in New York.

Inhalt

**1. Understanding Structural Inequalities at Different Scales Over Time Part II: Using Urban Infrastructure to Achieve Socio-Economic Goals 2. Urban Aid as a Social Experiment 3. The Early 1970s: Framing New Objectives for Development Assistance 4. Operationalizing the Urban Agenda: 1972-1982 5. Strengthening Policies and Institutions for Urban Management, 1982-1991 6. Cities and Economic Development: Shifting the Agenda in a World in Crisis: 1991 7. Using Infrastructure to Reduce Urban Poverty: What was Achieved? Part III: Repurposing Infrastructure: The Search for Better, Not More** 8. Infrastructure for Distribution 9. Developing New Objectives and Ways of Thinking 10. Learning from Experiments and Finding New Solutions: Looking Back to Going Forward