How to get it right

by MICHAEL DELLA ROCCA, TYLER DUVALL AND ROBERT PALTER Apr 01, 2017 2 minutes

AMERICA IS RIPE FOR MAJOR INVESTMENT IN infrastructure. But making it pay off will require not just addressing the funding gaps but also fundamentally redesigning the country’s approach. McKinsey’s research suggests that every well-spent dollar of infrastructure investment would raise GDP by 20¢ in the long run—if deployed correctly. These four steps could help:

1. FOCUS ON THE OUTCOMES