India can "certainly benefit by studying the Chinese experience in the building of infrastructure and handling of urbanization," Mr. Ahluwalia added.
Raptopoulos said the new system would be used to leapfrog the building of infrastructure, in the same way mobile networks have overtaken fixed lines in poorly connected countries.
"The building of infrastructure — roads, trains, airports and so on — and the large immigration of people from central China into Tibet threaten the survival of Tibetan culture and the ecosystem," he said.
New approaches to financing the building of infrastructure in developing countries will be on the table, as will a new Global Fund for Education.Events in Addis Ababa will play a large part in shaping the mood in New York in September.
It could help educate the population, combat endemic diseases and speed the building of infrastructure in a territory that was left largely fallow through 24 years of Indonesian occupation.
"We also have to look creatively at how we capture the value that arises from the increase in property values and the improvement in the utility of adjacent land from the building of infrastructure like this.
"No one talks about this and says, 'Let's open this thing up.'" Mr. Gandhi spoke for about 25 minutes from prepared remarks in which he said the government needs to accelerate the building of infrastructure, particularly "the roads on which our dreams are paved".
** China has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Indonesia that covers many sectors, including energy, raw materials and the building of infrastructure in Indonesia.
Mr Urquhart Stewart says: "The system is unable to distinguish between debt investment, long-term debt for the building of infrastructure, like power networks and bridges, and short-term 'household' debt.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Additive Construction with Mobile Emplacement project is investigating the building of infrastructure elements on planetary surfaces by 3-dimensional printing with construction materials made of in-situ resources.
