Resource allocation

Fewer Vehicles Per Capita; Much Greater Road Congestion

a30 Jan 2011

Israel has fewer vehicles per capita than the Western average, but levels of congestion on its roads are much higher as a result of decades-long underinvestment in roads and rail.

Have a Good – and Expensive – Trip

a30 Nov 2010

Israel’s Highway 6 is appreciably more expensive than comparable U.S. toll roads.

Public Expenditures: A look at Israel’s National Priorities

a29 Jul 2010

Contrary to conventional wisdom, the underlying reason for Israel’s high rates of poverty and inequality and low rates of economic growth over the past several decades is not due to insufficient government budgets but to the underlying national priorities that determined how those budgets were allocated and spent.