What is infrastructure?

What is infrastructure?

• A. What is infrastructure?
• B. Debt Relief as a development strategy
• C. Industrial Development as a development strategy
• D. Microfinance as a development strategy

Answer: (A)

Infrastructure means the basic physical and organizational structures needed for a country to function and grow. This includes transport networks like roads, railways, ports, and airports; energy and water supply systems; telecommunications; and social facilities such as schools and hospitals, plus the institutions that run them. It matters for development because good infrastructure cuts costs, connects people to jobs and services, supports business activity, and helps attract investment. The other options describe development strategies (debt relief, industrial development, microfinance) rather than what infrastructure is, so they don’t define the term.

Infrastructure means the basic physical and organizational structures needed for a country to function and grow. This includes transport networks like roads, railways, ports, and airports; energy and water supply systems; telecommunications; and social facilities such as schools and hospitals, plus the institutions that run them. It matters for development because good infrastructure cuts costs, connects people to jobs and services, supports business activity, and helps attract investment. The other options describe development strategies (debt relief, industrial development, microfinance) rather than what infrastructure is, so they don’t define the term.