Government owned and operated infrastructure may be developed and operated in the private sector or in public-private partnerships, in addition to in the public sector. As of 2008 in the United States for example, public spending on infrastructure has varied between 2.3% and 3.6% of GDP since 1950.
Definition of outpost for English Language Learners. : a large military camp that is in another country or that is far from a country's center of activity.
For other uses, see Settler (disambiguation). A modern (1850) depiction of the first medieval settlers arriving in Iceland. A settler is a person who has migrated to an area and established a permanent residence there, often to colonize the area. Settlers are generally from a sedentary culture, as opposed to nomads who share and rotate their settlements with little or no concept of individual land ownership.