President Joe Biden regularly boasted that it was his administration and the 117th Congress who initiated America’s “infrastructure decade” through the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), often needling former President Donald Trump for failing to deliver on his “infrastructure week” promises.
However, the Trump administration and the new Congress will now have opportunities to put their own stamp on the historic law in its final two years. Adie Tomer and Ben Swedberg outline how much money is left to be spent, political takeaways from the Biden administration’s awards, and what the future of the IIJA is inside and outside Washington, D.C.
Measuring the U.S. housing supply shortage. Though experts widely agree that a long-run housing supply shortage is a key driver of housing unaffordability in America, there is less consensus on the scale of the shortage. Elena Patel, Aastha Rajan, and Natalie Tomeh examine the data and offer their own calculation of the supply shortage.
Transforming the financial services sector in Africa. Advanced technologies are providing unprecedented opportunities for Africa to improve business performance and connect millions of unbanked people to financial services. Landry Signé discusses areas of growth and challenges for the continent.
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