FINANCING URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE: KNOWNS, UNKNOWNS, AND A WAY FORWARD
梳理了城市基础设施融资的已知实践与国际最佳案例，指出知识空白，并为未来研究提出方向，适合关注城市发展、基础设施投融资的学者与政策制定者参考。
Abstract Improved urban infrastructure is widely believed to be essential in facilitating economic growth and in improving the lives of urban dwellers, both in developed and in developing countries. This paper focuses on several dimensions of urban infrastructure finance: finance for major infrastructure improvements in major economic centers, finance for expansion of basic municipal services in secondary cities and towns, and intergovernmental systems for financing investments with impacts beyond jurisdictional limits. It reviews what is “known” about current practices in these areas, using international evidence and case studies and summarizing international best practices. It also indicates areas in which knowledge gaps remain. Despite these “unknowns,” there are avenues by which our understanding of infrastructure schemes can be enhanced, and some suggestions for a research agenda on financing urban infrastructure are offered in the concluding section.