At the same time, big infrastructure projects, another key driver of China's growth, have driven up demand for raw materials from resource-rich countries such as Indonesia.
The last time Brazil faced infrastructure problems on this scale was in 2001, when energy shortages led to six months of power cuts and rationing across the country.
Every time we send more young people to university, every time we invest more in our new digital infrastructure, every time we increase support to our scientists, we demonstrate our faith in the future.
Step 3- Invest in data infrastructure : Many organizations put off the upfront investment of time and resources on their infrastructure and their analytics maturity suffers.
Troops there have spent their time building and repairing infrastructure, and have rarely been in danger.
"The case is rather compelling, but of course it takes some time to replace existing infrastructure, " Van Schooten said.
Building new pipeline infrastructure is time consuming and involves a lot of uncertainty due to regulatory approvals and scrutiny from environmental groups.
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Greater reliance on natural gas-fueled light duty vehicles is possible but will require more time due to greater infrastructure requirements and technological innovation.
What with record low interest rates, idle construction workers and a huge backlog of worthy projects, there has never been a better time to invest in infrastructure.
By getting cable companies to use its Java OS for Consumers, Sun is betting that the cable companies will use Sun servers and workstations when it comes time to upgrade their infrastructure.
It is an attempt to find more savings from the current budget to get closer to one of his targets and, at the same time, to increase infrastructure spending in the hope it boosts Britain's anaemic growth.
Under Robin's watch, the BlackBerry service infrastructure has grown from 47 petabytes per year to more than 33 petabytes per month at the same time as the internal corporate infrastructure for RIM has grown at a remarkable pace.
Rich Trumka has been talking about infrastructure for a long time, as have I, and I think my team will testify when we got several trillion dollars worth of infrastructure that is falling apart, we need to put people to work, doing the work that America needs done.
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But Mr Prodi did not have the money or the time to build the necessary infrastructure.
The task of eliminating all nuclear, chemical and biological stockpiles, facilities and infrastructure will take time.
At the same time, the highway LNG infrastructure is being built out relatively quickly.
But the bridge closure comes at a time when Venezuela's infrastructure is showing increasing signs of deterioration.
Some streets and buildings are being fitted with recharging stations, but such infrastructure will take time to appear.
Both IBM and HP have been exploring projects to use sensor networks to track physical infrastructure in real time.
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At the same time, much of our infrastructure, including our water infrastructure, is decades old and in need of costly repairs.
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Privately owned export-oriented factories have closed, the fresh credit has tended to go into speculative investments, and infrastructure spending takes time to ramp up.
His large portfolio led to him being dubbed "the minister of the earth and the sky", but it also put him in charge of a large proportion of Senegal's government budget at a time of large-scale infrastructure spending.
This was partly due to a lower level of infrastructure at the time of privatisation, but also due to the fact the region "has been significantly more burdened by the cost of the Bathing Water Directive than any other region in the country", he told MPs.
And the technology base to deliver more real time intelligence is growing, for example in traffic infrastructure where we are now approaching the point of real time traffic updates provided by cars on the road.
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Developing the necessary support infrastructure implies one-time costs for customized vessels, port and harbor upgrades and new manufacturing facilities.
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During the same time period, investment in transmission infrastructure declined by nearly half.
This stadium conundrum does not represent the first time a city has run into infrastructure problems after the Olympics.
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Even when the rules change, outsiders will find that replicating such personal relationships and building the required infrastructure is costly and time-consuming.
Given the time lags, nearly every major infrastructure project is going to be the result of a previous government's decisions - maybe several.
BABs have proven to be an effective financing tool that have enabled municipalities fund critical infrastructure projects at a time when they were facing severe financing challenges.
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