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Infrastructure development: ambition versus reality

November 2015

Tom Hart, Mark Miller, Philipp Krause

A set of infographics highlighting some of the major challenges and failures in infrastructure development.

Infographic: the global infrastructure gap

Infographic: ambition vs reality in South Sudan's road network

Infographic: Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport over budget

Infographic: inefficiencies in infrastructure delivery

Infographic: infrastructure shortfalls in Africa

Sources:

South Sudan road network: OIG Audit of USAID/Sudan’s road infrastructure activities (2009); John Garang's vision of road infrastructure for South Sudan (2004) as detailed to Brian D'Silva in Naivasha
Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport: Tagesspiegel (2015), Tagesspiegel (2013), Bloomberg (2015)