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Good governance is key to excellence in infrastructure development. These five countries are showing the way.

Infrastructure is key to achieving fair and sustainable economic growth and climate targets. Three trends to stimulate the private sector to fund the large-scale change to enable infrastructure to reach its climate and development potential

To seize the opportunities of this critical moment and increase private investment in infrastructure LMICs can implement a series of actions. The creation of a regulatory and institutional framework which promotes private investment or the development of solid project pipelines.

The GI Hub began examining the regulatory capital treatment of infrastructure investments in 2019, as part of our initiative to address barriers to the establishment and advancement of infrastructure as an asset class

Sadek Wahba explores four infrastructure related themes that were re-affirmed at COP26 to deliver on a net zero future

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While infrastructure is a driver of economic prosperity and can provide a solid basis for strong, sustainable, balanced and inclusive growth, it is not a given that infrastructure investment will fully realise these aims without visionary planning and commitment. For infrastructure investment to deliver a more sustainable, resilient and inclusive global recovery, we need to create the right enabling environment now.

The last decade has seen a growing investor appetite toward sustainable infrastructure investments. However, there are challenges to accelerating these investments at the speed and scale needed. In this article we explore two projects - the Tibar Bay Port in Timor-Leste and the Clean Ganga Program in India - that illustrate how these challenges can be overcome.

Interrelated challenges are common bottlenecks in the planning process for linear infrastructure designed to address climate change. This article explores how the Linear Infrastructure Planning Panel is enabling InfraTech for accessible decisionmaking.

What are nature-based solutions, and what role do they play in meeting SDGs and the transition to net zero?

We speak to Sue Barrett, EBRD to find out how the implementation of inclusive infrastructure can be practically achieved at the project level.

The US Senate has passed the $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the ‘historic’ bill promises vital investment in areas from roads, bridges and trains to broadband access and clean drinking water.

In Buenos Aires on 23 March, the G20 Finance Ministers announced that infrastructure would remain a priority for at least the next three years—a very welcome announcement for those in the private sector who have long called for greater global coordination of efforts in this area.

The Global Infrastructure Hub’s Outlook shows the United States has one of the largest infrastructure gaps. What can the GI Hub’s InfraCompass tell us about fixing it?

Scaling up existing multilateral solutions and developing new ones are key to increasing much-needed private investment in infrastructure in emerging and developing markets. In her latest article, our CEO, Marie Lam-Frendo shares her thoughts on de-risking instruments as one solution.

Discover the benefits, challenges, risks and trends of ports privatisation.

InfraTech has changed from a nice to have to a critical element in the ability to deliver sustainable, inclusive and resilient infrastructure.

As countries announce major infrastructure packages to stimulate their post-pandemic recovery, the sector faces two substantial and related challenges: climate change and a funding shortfall, writes Marie Lam-Frendo, Chief Executive Officer of the Global Infrastructure Hub.