Having seen Beijing, Shanghai and other coastal metropolises thrive on big infrastructure projects, cities thousands of miles inland, like Wuhan, are trying to do likewise.
The economy is thriving; Mohammed's focus on infrastructure is apparent throughout cosmopolitan regions; and the promotion of art and culture, both Moroccan and international, is one of the most important steps that any country is taking in forging a global population ready to handle the tasks of this century.
From the start, refurbishing Iraq's dismal infrastructure and creating a thriving market economy were promoted by Bush administration officials as pillars of the American-led invasion -- "the perfect complement to Iraq's political transformation," in the words of Mr. Bremer.
The program administrators have done an impressive job of building the institutional infrastructure to keep CitySprouts thriving, and this makes a significant difference.
David Tidmarsh, the vice-chancellor of Anglia Ruskin, which has campuses in Cambridge and Chelmsford, said: "It is our vision to create a self-sustaining university campus for the city around which a reinvigorated business infrastructure can thrive".
Making his first public speech since the creation last year of the commission to consider airport capacity in south-east England, Davies said the group had rejected arguments that Britain could thrive with its current infrastructure.
Cooperatives don't just happen one business at a time; they require an infrastructure to thrive, an ecosystem.
The businesses and individuals who thrived because of the infrastructure we built need to contribute to the future by agreeing to pay taxes to help invest in rebuilding that infrastructure.
The neighborhood's volunteers now concentrate on stewardship and what Ms. Murphy-Dunning calls "infrastructure," which includes practical matters like lights, as well as less practical additions, like labels identifying the wide array of plant life thriving in the park.
