This short discussion paper is part of an effort to spawn discussion concerning infrastructure decisions and decision-making in Israel. It seeks to start a penetrating, across the board examination of needs, means, institutions and management practices in Israel as a basis for forging an agreed upon budgeting procedure and a capital outlay budget for the years 2000-2010
The following discussion paper addresses partly some of the issues that should be held at a backdrop of a considered infrastructure policy discussion. It provides a review of some recent literature. In particular it addresses the questions:
· What is infrastructure?
· Is it an important element of an economy?
· Does it affect economic development?
· How does it affect well being?
· Is there a better and a worse way to organize infrastructure?