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Assesses the current state of infrastructures and public investment patterns in OECD countries and certain dynamic non-Member countries, and lays out the general future trends. It examines those policy options able to improve the efficiency of infrastructural provision, and lastly, review the problems of decision-making and planning for major infrastructure projects. These papers were presented at an OECD Forum for the Future Conference on Infrastructure Policies for the 1990s, held in Paris early in 1993.