Of course we want infrastructure: hospitals, ports, roads and bridges.
Almost nothing has been done to fix the country's dilapidated ports, roads and electricity supply (see chart).
India, for instance, could make good use of securitisation to help it channel the vast sums of money it needs to spend on building ports, roads and railroads.
Today, the government owns controlling stakes in a huge number of banks, telecom operators, ports, roads, railroads, real estate holdings and industrial companies.
Chinese companies, some of them state-owned, can offer megaprojects that include ports, roads and rail lines, all financed by cheap government-backed credit.
Mr. Jindal has promised to focus resources on the state's ports, roads and research universities, which have received little state investment.
In the long term, though, the airports' classy new operators should mean a leap in quality.Last year Ms Rousseff promised to hand ports, roads and railways to private operators in deals officials hoped would be worth 187 billion reais.
"At June 2015, industry funds had collectively $45bn invested in unlisted assets in Australia including sea ports, roads, airports, water treatment, rail, hospitals and aged care, defence and commercial property.
The Construction segment involves in infrastructure construction of ports, roads, bridges and railways.
The Design segment involves in infrastructure design of ports, roads and bridges.
