"The time it takes to travel, on hugely dated infrastructure, between our great regional cities is a national disgrace – this is just not what happens in Germany, Japan or France, with their fantastic rail links, or the United States, with its highly developed regional air travel," Kibasi says.
New projects are having to acknowledge dated infrastructure technology slowing down the introduction of new technological solutions.
As reflected by the report, the weak and dated infrastructure and the longstanding lag in development of electric power generation and transmission grid in India has become a bottleneck limiting economic growth.
Part of the cleanup plan across the watershed states is to reduce runoff from farms and municipalities by upgrading dated sewer infrastructure.
Out-of-date infrastructure, such as Poland's notorious roads, is clogging trade.
In some cases, they're also vulnerable to older attacks that wouldn't work on up-to-date infrastructure.
"Russia has a very rickety, out-of-date infrastructure, using not just outdated software but pirated out-of-date software," said Mark Galeotti, a senior researcher at the Institute of International Relations Prague.
"London's busiest rail station is creaking under the strain of handling more and more passengers" and has "an out of date infrastructure that is in parts unchanged since the 1930s," says London TravelWatch, the capital's transport users' watchdog.
The UK has a lot of old buildings that are rented out as commercial premises so it's imperative to check whether the premises have the most up-to-date infrastructure for your needs; for example, raised floors for sockets, suspended ceilings for cabling as well as the speed and adaptability of broadband and other key technology.
Post-war, however, offers the relative advantages of more up-to-date infrastructure and lower prices.
Once the economy stabilizes, Pollack says he expects the flow of people and companies from the Northeast and California to Phoenix and other former hot spots will resume, once again lured by inexpensive real estate, better conditions for business and a generally more up-to-date infrastructure.
