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Electricity generation, France, Nuclear, Power, rail (heavy), roads, Transport, Water/wastewater

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Infrastructure in France

France enjoys one of the most sophisticated infrastructures in the world, developed through the government's heavy investment in the field and made possible by advanced technology. A network of various modes of transportation blankets the whole country, including air, land, and rail transportation. Transportation is also possible via rivers. The technologically advanced rail system— utilizing...

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England, Pension fund financing

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Pension Funds in UK Infrastructure Investment

  The UK's annual Budget Statement is often preceded by calls for greater investment in infrastructure, regardless of which Party is in power. In recent years there has been an increasing focus on the potential for pension funds to provide a platform for infrastructure investment. At present there is a Memorandum of Understanding between HM Treasury, the National Association of Pension...

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Oil&gas, Russia

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Russian oil infrastructure

The oil sector is the most important branch of the Russian economy. It supplies the largest income to the state budget and is one of the main pillars on which Russia’s international position is based. Revenues from oil are also one of the chief means of allowing the ruling class to maintain political and social stability in the country. The rapid growth in oil prices over the past few years (with...

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Russia

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Russia railway-High-speed trains

Ever since 1837, railway development has been a major focus in Russia, and in 1970 Soviet engineers got a little ahead of themselves with a wacky futuristic ‘jet train’ prototype. It reached speeds of 290 km/h in the tests, but sadly this ridiculous-looking machine made it no further and the fragments now lie rusting away in an old factory. In recent years Germany helped the Russians to build a...

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China, Power, rail (heavy), roads, Transport

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China's Infrastructure

The development of infrastructure within China has consistently been a key focus for the government in the economic development initiatives. The foundations upon which new infrastructure is being developed are supporting continued rapid economic growth with railway, roads, airports, water, energy and rural projects seeing significant investment. The continued expansion of the high-speed rail and...

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