Infrastructure and Development
Conference on Infrastructure Economics and Development - 14 and 15 January 2010
The first International Conference on Infrastructure Economics and Development (ICIED) was held in Toulouse on January 14 and 15. It brought together around 150 participants from around the world, including academics, members of international institutions and NGOs, and policy makers. The aim was to take stock of recent advances and research challenges, and exchange ideas and insights on the future research agenda. A number of dominant themes ran through the conference. These include in particular the relationship between climate change and infrastructure development, and the economics and policy of public-private partnerships (PPPs) and regulation. The sessions also showed that frontier research is active in a number of challenging topics, among which impact evaluation, economic geography and infrastructure.
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