Economic Research

Roads, bridges, dams, sewers, wastewater treatment plants, and more make up what we collectively refer to as infrastructure. It is vital to the way we live, but it usually makes headlines only when something goes wrong with it. This issue of EconSouth examines infrastructure from local, national, and international perspectives.

The Southeast's infrastructure, which sustains the region's fast-growing population and dynamic economy, faces the challenge of meeting today's needs as well as those accompanying future growth.

Infrastructures everywhere face strain from globalization, population growth, and urbanization. Infrastructure needs among countries vary, but infrastructure's importance to economic growth, improved public health, and poverty reduction is universal.
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