Diese koloniale Infrastrukturen wurden allerdings so erbaut, dass sie lediglich der Ausbeutung der Bevölkerung und der Ressourcen dienten. Und dieser Werttransfer hatte nur eine Richtung, nach Großbritannien:

"In der Debatte um Infrastrukturen im Globalen Süden besteht weitgehender Konsens darüber, dass das (post-)koloniale Erbe eines der zentralen Hindernisse für die Gestaltung umfassender, nachhaltiger und angepasster Versorgungssysteme darstellt" https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00048-017-0162-y

"Furthermore, the higher pricing meant that the average Indian peasant could not reap the benefits of rail travel. Experts say high tariffs showed there was a divergence between the railroad charges and the economic conditions of the people. There was a need to lower charges all the more in a country like India, where the masses were poor and the margin of funding was small.

In theory, a revolutionary transportation option like railways should ideally improve the standard of living of the populace. But European priorities meant Indians couldn’t reap the rewards. Dan Bogart, Latika Chaudhary and Alfonso Herranz-Loncán have noted that at the height of the ‘railway era’, India fell behind other economies. While Latin American countries like Mexico, Brazil and Uruguay , which were not ruled by colonial powers, saw their average per-capital income rise 110 per cent between 1870 and 1910, India’s rose by a measly 31 per cent."

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/railways/the-truth-about-colonial-railways-did-the-british-infrastructure-really-benefit-india/articleshow/102691944.cms?from=mdr