Economics Explored

Economics of Infrastructure - Part 2

Episode Summary

Part 2 of our two part episode on the economics of infrastructure with Craig Lawrence, Managing Director of Lytton Advisory, a Brisbane-based economic consulting firm.

Episode Notes

Craig Lawrence has three decades of experience as a professional economist and has advised on a wide range of infrastructure projects in Australia, the Pacific, and the Middle East. 

Part 2 of our conversation covers, among other things:

• public private partnerships or PPPs, their pros and their cons;
• challenges in infrastructure provision in emerging economies; and
• the geopolitics of infrastructure (e.g. Chinese takeover of Sri Lankan port).