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The biggest help for the job market, said Nigel Gault , chief U.S. economist for IHS Global Insight, would be a major public-works program akin to those that were seen during the Great Depression.

Private Ideas on How to Create Jobs Joe Light 2011

Through the spring, construction workers had toiled round the clock on any building or public-works project (notably, new subway stations) that had a chance of being completed by the time of the Games.

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Samuel Moreno, 51 years old, was ordered to jail Friday by Judge Jorge Polidoro Bernal, who said there's evidence to suggest the former mayor manipulated the process of handing out public-works contracts to ensure that companies he allegedly received bribes from would be awarded the work.

Ex-Mayor of Bogotá Awaits Bribery Trial in Style Dan Molinski 2011

A government watchdog is also investigating the youth league leader over accusations of corruption linked to tenders for public-works projects.

Hearing Exposes Rift in South Africa's ANC Devon Maylie 2011

To fill the void, more than 35,000 private foundations, known as vakif in Turkish, funded public-works projects and municipal services, from water systems and schools to hospitals, bridges and roads.

How Billionaires Can Build Bridges to the Middle Class Charles Landow 2011

What I am opposed to is this cavalier, half-baked financing scheme that makes the Seattle Monorail Project look like the paragon of public-works financing in comparison. morning

Open Letter to the Council: Take the Same Damn Risk You’re Asking Us To Take « PubliCola 2010

Spain's housing-price index in the July-to-September period fell 5.5% from a year earlier—the fastest pace of decline since 2009—and was down 1.3% from the second quarter, the public-works ministry said.

Spain Hit by Downgrade, Falling Home Prices David Roman 2011

The public-works ministry said housing prices have now dropped 18% during the country's three-year bust, a significant source of strain for the country's financial sector, which already holds more than €400 billion $551 billion in loans to the construction and real-estate sector—equivalent to 40% of Spain's gross domestic product—backed by collateral that loses value as property prices slide.

Spain Hit by Downgrade, Falling Home Prices David Roman 2011

Sen. Barbara Boxer D., Calif., chairwoman of the Senate public-works committee, said she will include changes in a broad transportation bill she is drafting for early next year.

Federal Funding for Trails Comes Under Attack Josh Mitchell 2011

Ms. Mahlangu-Nkabinde declined to comment through the public-works department.

South African President Shakes Up Cabinet Devon Maylie 2011