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Review on new spending of United States Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill 对美国两党基础设施法案新支出的审查

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Journal of Infrastructure Policy and Development Pub Date : 2022-11-25 DOI: 10.24294/jipd.v6i2.1507

Mengzhong Zhang, Temulin Batjargal

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Making public works work: A framework for initiating right public infrastructure investments 使公共工程发挥作用:启动正确的公共基础设施投资的框架

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Journal of Infrastructure Policy and Development Pub Date : 2022-11-18 DOI: 10.24294/jipd.v6i2.1692

M. Alnsour

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Socio-demographic factors affecting access to and utilization of social welfare services in Nigeria 影响尼日利亚获得和利用社会福利服务的社会人口因素

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Journal of Infrastructure Policy and Development Pub Date : 2022-10-17 DOI: 10.24294/jipd.v6i2.1448

J. T. Okpa, B. Ikpeme, Nwosu Uchechukwu Wilson, Ude Bassey Obeten, N. Nwadike

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A social-ecological perspective for emerging cities: The case of Corniche promenade, “urban majlis” of Doha 新兴城市的社会生态视角:多哈“城市议会”滨海长廊的案例

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Journal of Infrastructure Policy and Development Pub Date : 2022-09-21 DOI: 10.24294/jipd.v6i2.1496

R. Furlan, Michael Grosvald, Aamna Azad

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Impacts of infrastructure (in)equity and social (in)justice on democratic nation-building processes in Ethiopia 基础设施公平和社会正义对埃塞俄比亚民主国家建设进程的影响

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Journal of Infrastructure Policy and Development Pub Date : 2022-09-09 DOI: 10.24294/jipd.v6i2.1466

Ambaw Desalegn, Niguisse Solomon

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Reconstructing Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs towards inclusive infrastructure development needs assessment 重建亚伯拉罕·马斯洛的需求层次，以实现包容性基础设施发展需求评估

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Journal of Infrastructure Policy and Development Pub Date : 2022-08-25 DOI: 10.24294/jipd.v6i2.1483

B. Omodan, Samuel Abejide

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exus between being landlocked and living standards in Sub-Saharan African countries: A two-step System GMM analysis 撒哈拉以南非洲国家内陆国与生活水平之间的差距:两步系统GMM分析

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Journal of Infrastructure Policy and Development Pub Date : 2022-08-11 DOI: 10.24294/jipd.v6i1.1421

Mekonnen Kumlachew Yitayaw, Habtamu Legese Feyisa, W. Mamo, Yohannes Kefale Mogess

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Infrastructure and economic growth: Evidence from the United States 基础设施与经济增长:来自美国的证据

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Journal of Infrastructure Policy and Development Pub Date : 2022-08-03 DOI: 10.24294/jipd.v6i1.1419

Prince Fosu, Martinson Ankrah Twumasi

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The role of corporate governance in management of physical public infrastructures in some selected Sub-Saharan African countries 公司治理在某些选定的撒哈拉以南非洲国家管理有形公共基础设施方面的作用

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Journal of Infrastructure Policy and Development Pub Date : 2022-06-22 DOI: 10.24294/jipd.v6i1.1382

Serge Messomo Elle

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Infrastructure development, environmental quality and economic growth in Nigeria 尼日利亚的基础设施发展、环境质量和经济增长

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Journal of Infrastructure Policy and Development Pub Date : 2022-06-10 DOI: 10.24294/jipd.v6i1.1317

A. Ojo, D. Amassoma

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