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By Robert Krol
SPEAKING about his ambitious infrastructure plans during a press conference, President Joe Biden recently stated, âOne in five miles of our highways and major roads are in poor condition.â
âMore than one-third of our bridgesâ need repair, and âwe rank 13th globally in infrastructure,â he added. These statements probably donât sound surprising. Americans seem to believe that our infrastructure is, as some people say, âcrumbling.â
However, Bidenâs statements and this widespread perception donât square with some of the governmentâs own recent data.
Letâs begin with Bidenâs last pointâthat the U.S. ranks 13th worldwide with respect to infrastructure. It comes from the World Economic Forumâs Competitiveness Report, which has a number of weaknesses.
!Gawaxab hails Namibia’s success story
2021-04-06
As Namibia marked 31 years of independence, Bank of Namibia governor Johannes !Gawaxab addressed a public lecture under the topic: ‘How does Namibia stack up? – our own story’.
The public lecture narrated Namibia’s success story through the lens of three decades of independence and self-rule, underscored by global accredited rankings on major governance and development indices and socio-economic indicators achieved to date.
The public lecture was held on Friday, 26 March 2021, at the University of Namibia’s Oshakati campus as part of the governor’s series of stakeholder engagements.
Reflecting on some of the country’s socio-economic growth indicators since 1990 to 2020, !Gawaxab indicated that Namibia now boasts a real GDP of N$134 billion, compared to N$50 billion at independence.
Crumbling infrastructure? That s perception, not data. A spring-mounted laser, driven along roads and highways in each state, provides an objective measurement.
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Speaking about his ambitious infrastructure plans in a press conference, President Joe Biden recently stated, One in five miles of our highways and major roads are in poor condition, More than one third of our bridges need repair, and we rank 13th globally in infrastructure. These statements probably don t sound surprising. Americans seem to believe that our infrastructure is, as some people say, crumbling.
However, Biden s statements and this widespread perception don t square with some of the government s own recent data.
Robert Krol
Tribute News Service
Speaking about his ambitious infrastructure plans in a press conference, President Joe Biden recently stated, âOne in five miles of our highways and major roads are in poor condition,â âMore than one third of our bridgesâ need repair, and âwe rank 13th globally in infrastructure.â These statements probably donât sound surprising. Americans seem to believe that our infrastructure is, as some people say, âcrumbling.â
However, Bidenâs statements and this widespread perception donât square with some of the governmentâs own recent data.
Letâs begin with Bidenâs last pointâthat the U.S. ranks 13th worldwide with respect to infrastructure. It comes from the World Economic Forumâs Competitiveness Report, which has a number of weaknesses. The WEF surveys almost 17,000 business executives â hailing from 139 countries, some industrialized and some developing, wit