structures (such as highways or schools or bridges or docks) constructed at government expense for public use

that plan has become italy's biggest public works project ever.

这一计划是意大利有史以来最大的公共工程项目。

expansion and/or creation of public works programs can be seen in argentina, chile, pakistan, and zambia.

阿根廷、智利、巴基斯坦和赞比亚扩大和/或实施了公共工程方案。

ideally, all public works should meet objective criteria.

理论上，所有的公共工程都要接受客观检验。

the main targets were the ministry of justice and public works and the office of the governor of baghdad province.

此事件的主要目标是巴格达司法行政及公共建设部和巴格达省长办公室。

the day the first austerity measures were announced, he saw the mayor of madrid and his minister of public works on television attending a sporting event in germany.

因为就在国家宣布紧缩政策的第一天，他在电视上看见市长「玛迪德」和他的公共事业部长们竟在德国参加体育活动。

ozawa has excelled at getting public works in the countryside. he knows how much rural japan needs reviving.

小泽非常善于在偏远地区取得公共工程，他知道日本有多少偏远地区的经济需要激活。

cash transfers can improve the purchasing power of the poor, as can public works programs.

如果提供现金，可以提高贫困人口的购买力，也可以加快公共工程建设进度。

it fell to governments to revive demand, by cutting interest rates if possible or by public works if necessary.

恢复需求的责任落到政府头上，如果可能的话，政府需削减利率；必要时也可增加公共建设工程。

he has nabbed the ministries of finance, defence and public works for himself.

他自己紧抓住财政部，国防部和公共建设部门不放。

the strategy will build on tried and true social protection programs such as safety nets, conditional cash transfers, and public works job creation—as well as promising new approaches and tools.

这项战略将建立在经实验证明好的社会保障方案的基础上，如安全网、有条件现金转移和通过公共工程创造就业岗位的方法 —以及有希望的新方法和工具。

i am here concerned with public works considered as a means of 「providing employment」 or of adding wealth to the community that it would not otherwise have had.

但这都不是我所关心的。我所担心的是公共工程被仅仅等同于「提供就业」或是被视作增加公众财富之必要手段。

total investment -- residential, business and public works -- has been pushed to a sky-high 45% of gdp.

中国住宅、商业和公共工程的总投资额占gdp的比例高达45%。

but as we know too well from the experience of the republican congress, a lot of public works spending is just pork--the famous 「bridge to nowhere」 in alaska being the best example.

但是共和党议会的经验已经让我们对此了如指掌：许多公共工程支出只不过是政治恩惠而以——阿拉斯加着名的「哪儿也不到的桥」就是最好的例证。

strategy will cover ten years—2012 to 2022—and will build on successful models, including safety net programs, conditional cash transfers, and public works job creation.

这项战略将覆盖十年的时间 —2012至2022年 —并将建立在成功模式的基础上，其中包括安全网方案、有条件现金转移方案、以及通过公共工程创造就业岗位的方案。

the public works do little to better india’s awful infrastructure: many get washed away each monsoon, only to be rebuilt, badly, the following year.

而公共建设工程几乎没有改善印度糟糕的基础设施：许多设施在雨季被雨水沖走，第二年重建，质量一样差。

stimulus spending on building highways and other public works also helped to boost sales of trucks used in construction.

用在高速公路和其他公用基础设施建设上的刺激性花费也促进了建设用卡车的消费。