It's more like "in spite of".
Infrastructure spending, in spite of being highly effective, might not be timely, stimulating the economy only in late-2009 and 2010 when it has well passed the severe recession phase only to exacerbate the ballooning fiscal deficit.
Some countries suffer more than others with very low budgets or poor infrastructure, but in spite of this, you can reach the kids.
The capital markets already are our "infrastructure bank". Our GDP, in spite of it all, is $14 trillion; Of the top 100 global firms ranked by market capitalization, the smallest at the moment is $60 billion (Kraft Foods).
It was found that in spite of infrastructure, hardware, and software problems, the experience so far appears to have had a positive effect on the children, the school, and the town.
They have reported no lost data in spite of infrastructure compromise, which is always good; but the message here is understanding risk, implications, constituents and acting transparently and responsibly.
That process is being led by a band of visionaries, entrepreneurs and community leaders in spite of broken civic infrastructure.
I had the distinct thought that any sort of social behavior, "emergent" or otherwise, was occurring in spite of the impressive infrastructure, not thanks to it.
When private business flourishes, it does so in spite of Nigeria's infrastructure - and political and social systems - being dysfunctional.
Anecdotally, in spite of all the infrastructure built up around NFC payments, take-up hasn't been great here, because of the many other ways to pay.
