金融危机开始时，发达和新兴市场经济体将大量投资于“准备就绪”的基础设施工程以提振短期经济增长和创造就业。
At the start of the financial crisis, both advanced and emerging-market economies pumped money into “shovel-ready” infrastructure projects to boost short-term economic growth and create jobs. Now, in the wake of the crisis, the infrastructure challenge has become more difficult to address.