America has a grand tradition of national planning, from Thomas Jefferson's vision for roads and canals in 1808, which influenced policy for the next century (and led to America's first transcontinental railway) to Dwight Eisenhower's Federal Highway-Aid Act of 1956, which created the interstate system.

ECONOMIST: Infrastructure

During the two-day meeting, a holistic discussion took place around the management plan for the World Heritage Property, the Cultural Master Plan for Bamiyan, urban planning and transport issues, including roads and aviation.

UNESCO: Management Coordination Meeting for the future of the Bamiyan World Heritage Site | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

The report mentions other long-term priorities such as ensuring transport links, improving island infrastructure such as the roads, harbours and broadband access and speed, security of energy supply and planning for increasing health and pension costs due to an ageing population.

BBC: Peter Harwood