Treasury Auctions Set for the Week of July 11
The following tax-exempt, fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week.
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Gov. Chris Christie ordered the work stoppage, which affects projects across the state, after lawmakers failed to agree on a gas-tax increase.
Philadelphia Rail Traffic Disrupted by Cracks in New Trains
Transit officials found cracks in more than a hundred new rail cars, pulling them out of service only weeks before the Democratic National Convention.
New Jersey Savors Reprieve From Gas-Tax Increase, but Halt in Roadwork Looms
A disagreement between Gov. Chris Christie and state lawmakers delayed a rise of 23 cents a gallon, forcing the state to plan a shutdown of nonessential road projects.
With No Deal on New Jersey Gas Tax, Christie Orders Shutdown of Road Projects
Gov. Chris Christie issued an executive order late Thursday declaring a state of emergency after negotiations to raise the state’s famously low gas tax stalled.
New Jersey Legislature Fails to Reach Deal on Gas Tax
The State Senate declined to sign on to the Assembly’s plan, backed by Gov. Chris Christie, to raise the gas tax and lower the sales tax.
Does Infrastructure Affect Human Development? Evidences from Odisha, India
In pursuit of achieving and maintaining high human development, infrastructure is said to play a critical role. The present paper examines the spatial disparities in infrastructural facilities and human development across 30 districts of Odisha, and consequently, tries to find out the impact of infrastructure on human development in the state. The study records significant regional disparities in the level of human development as well as infrastructural development in Odisha.
Are the Indian National Highway PPPs More Efficient than Non-PPPs? An Empirical Analysis through Data Envelopment Analysis
Presently, the entire world is moving to adopt Public Private Partnership1 (PPP) mode as an alternative to the traditional mode2 of ‘item rate of contract’ to provide both economic and social infrastructure. This move is due to the professed advantages of PPPs, such as improved efficiency in service delivery, hassle-free operation and maintenance, on-time completion, synergy between the government and concessionaire in optimum distribution of project risks and creation of value for money3 to all the stakeholders.
Infrastructure Development and Access to Basic Amenities in Class-I Cities of West Bengal, India: Insights from Census Data
Examination of the city-level infrastructure data from Census databases reveals that improvements in both social and physical infrastructure parameters have occurred in class-I cities of West Bengal but not in economic infrastructure aspects while access to basic amenities and assets has improved only slightly at the household level. However, cities situated in the lowermost infrastructural development categories dominate the urban scene in this state.
Assessing Indias Progress towards an Open Defecation Free Nation
The census 2011 based information on basic amenities offers an opportunity to assess India’s progress towards access to toilet facility, the first step to end the open defecation, with a decade long Total Sanitation Campaign underway. Evaluating the data of census 2001 and 2011, it turns out that progress in this sphere is slow and non-inclusive. It entirely excludes poorest states with high incidence of toilet deprivation. Progress towards this in India offers a case where the fraction of households without toilet facility decreased along with an increase in its number.