d in co-operation with several OECD Directorates and Agencies, notably: the European Council of Ministers of Transport and the Joint Transport Research Committee; the Environment Directorate; the Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry; the Statistics Directorate; and the International Energy Agency. The project has already benefited substantially from inputs and comments from colleagues in those parts of the house. Barrie Stevens directed the work of the authors and the preparation of this publication. Pierre-Alain Schieb is initiator and co-ordinator of the project. Michael Oborne is Chairman of the project Steering Group. Technical support was provided by Anita Gibson, Concetta Miano and Manon Picard, and editing by Randall Holden. This volume is published on the responsibility of the Secretary-General of the OECD. Paris, May 2006 INFRASTRUCTURE TO 2030: TELECOM, LAND TRANSPORT, WATER AND ELECTRICITY - ISBN 92-64-02398-4 © OECD 2006 TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents Chapter 1. A Cross-sectoral Perspective on the Development of Global Infrastructures to 2030 by Barrie Stevens, Pierre-Alain Schieb and Michel Andrieu 1. Benefits from infrastructure - past and future 2. Driving forces, trends and uncertainties affecting the longer-term outlook for infrastructure investment 3. The outlook for infrastructure investment requirements 4. Interdependencies and synergies among infrastructures 5. Cross-cutting issues and policy challenges 6. The road ahead Bibliography Chapter 2. Telecoms Infrastructure to 2030 by Erik Bohlin, Simon Forge and Colin Blackman Executive summary Introduction - the scope of the study 1. Past trends in infrastructure investment 2. Key factors driving future demand and infrastructure investment 3. Projected trends in demand for telecoms and investment to 2030 4. Impacts of key drivers on future investment in infrastructure 5. Implications for business models 6. Telecommunications substitution and secondary effects 7. Recommendations Notes Annex 2.A1. Technical Annex: Telecommunication