One in five Americans lives in a rural area. The definition of "rural" varies, but generally it is understood to mean a sparsely populated nonurban area. Rural populations are very different one from the other, as is the geography of the regions they...

The basic services or SOCIAL CAPITAL of a country, or part of it, which make economic and social activities possible by providing transportation, public health and education services and buildings for community activities. Railways, airports,...

Infrastructure is generally structural elements that provide the framework supporting an entire structure. The term has diverse meanings in different fields, but is perhaps most widely understood to refer to roads, airports, and utilities. These various...

Chaos in courtrooms . . . violent threats against public officials . . . judges in fear of their lives . . . justice denied on a whim. A looming constitutional crisis . . . My God, I must have wandered into the...

A new research project seeks to understand how to account for and report infrastructure in public sector financial statements sy Tar" Beauchamp A modern community, be it a town, city, province or country, cannot function or grow without infrastructure. In general terms, "infrastructure"...