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Learning from experience: How hosting the Olympics can leave a positive legacy
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Careful planning and an eye on the future can help the cities that host them.
Commentary
The power of collective action: Forging a global role for mayors
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By working together, cities can help solve global problems.
Interview
The Brazilian experience in financing infrastructure
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A former finance minister makes the case for openness and discusses “de-risking.”
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Remember the people: The foundation for success in 21st-century infrastructure
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Infrastructure providers are used to focusing on issues of project selection, funding, and regulation. The most successful firms...
Commentary
Inclusive cities are productive cities
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Urbanization has the potential to drive global productivity, but it requires viewing immigration and population growth as positive—and...
Article
The conundrum of new complex refining investments
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Refiners continue to invest in complex refining capacity despite highly volatile margins and generally low light-heavy differentials....
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Urban mobility at a tipping point
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As more of the world’s cities become congested and polluted, new business models and technologies are emerging to solve...
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New horizons for infrastructure investing
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Investors are having trouble finding attractive deals. They might be looking in the wrong places.
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Big data versus big congestion: Using information to improve transport
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Digitization in infrastructure networks could improve forecasting, promote reliability, and increase efficiency.
Article
Megaprojects: The good, the bad, and the better
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Building big infrastructure projects is always risky, but there are ways to improve the odds of a smooth landing.
Interview
Should the Olympics be shrunk?
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Olympian Wolfgang Maennig argues that it’s time to reconsider ambitions for infrastructure when it comes to mega-events....