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.
pl. colÂ·oÂ·nies. 1  a. 2  A region politically controlled by a distant country; a dependency. 3  a. 4  Colonies The British colonies that became the original 13 states of the United States. 5  A group of people who have been institutionalized in a relatively remote area: an island penal colony.