What is Infrastructure?

Infrastructure provides the supporting services in the main areas of industrial and agricultural production, of domestic and foreign trade, and of commerce. These services include:

• roads, railways, ports, airports, dams, power stations, and oil and gas pipelines;
• telecommunication facilities;
• the country's educational system, including schools and colleges;
• the health system, including hospitals;
• the sanitary system, including clean drinking-water facilities; and
• the monetary system, including banks, insurance and other financial institutions.

Some of these facilities have a direct impact on the production of goods and services, while others give indirect support by building up the social sector of the economy. …