But right now many of the workers employed on infrastructure projects would otherwise be unemployed, and the money borrowed to pay for these projects would otherwise sit idle.
But for workers on other infrastructure projects, in places like Lusail - a brand new city to the north of Doha, being built entirely from scratch - the record can be mixed, as contractors hurry to push through huge construction plans.
They'd spend less on workers and more on infrastructure, building a homeless shelter, buying up and shutting down the fourteen motels that house parolees and pedophiles, and forbidding the muscle-car set to fix their rigs in their driveways.
Qatar is expected to import up to 1 million migrant workers to work on infrastructure projects linked to the hosting of the World Cup.
The cuts, which would deprive the government of about $240 billion in revenues next year, are the largest items in the president's $447 billion job-creation plan, which includes payments to unemployed workers, incentives for companies that hire workers and increased federal spending on infrastructure.
Studies in Morocco and Burkina Faso also found no significant effect of number of health workers or infrastructure on delivery in a facility [ 62, 63].
He reiterated his calls for an extension of the payroll tax cut, and for a road construction bill, intended to get workers back on the job on infrastructure projects.
Just 38 workers, of the hundreds of thousands engaged on infrastructure projects, are currently working specifically on World Cup stadiums.
It would limit migration from future members of the European Union and set yearly targets for workers from outside the EU, balancing demands on infrastructure against economic benefits.
Billions of dollars have been poured into building stadiums - rather than focusing on infrastructure development - and workers' lives have been lost in the process.
