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Building Institutions That Can Absorb Development Capital

Capital is not scarce everywhere; implementation capacity often is.

TAY Editorial · 27 June 2026 · 7 min
The question

What should infrastructure make possible?

Capital is not scarce everywhere; implementation capacity often is.

What we observe

The asset is only the beginning

Capital is not scarce everywhere; implementation capacity often is.

The tension

Completion is visible; productive use is the test

The central issue is whether the intervention changes the conditions for productive activity, rather than only increasing the stock of assets.

TAY interpretation

The economic unit is the system around the asset

Capital is not scarce everywhere; implementation capacity often is.

Evidence and analysis

What the evidence shows

Closing proposition

From asset delivery to productive capability

Capital is not scarce everywhere; implementation capacity often is.