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This chapter presents the context of funding and financing infrastructure in the U.S. The first section introduces the topic of infrastructure finance and provides an overview of the book structure. The second section provides the definition and scope of infrastructure. The key characteristics of infrastructure are described in the third section.
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Chen, C., Bartle, J.R. (2022). The Challenges and Opportunities of Financing Infrastructure. In: Innovative Infrastructure Finance. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91411-0_1
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