Infrastructure Knowledge Exchange

Improving infrastructure delivery: project initiation routemap

Since the launch of the Routemap over 20 major projects across the transport, water, flood defence and energy sectors have undergone a Routemap assessment, helping to drive their successful delivery. Yet there is still work to do as projects continue to face challenges.

OECD Indicators of Product Market Regulation

The OECD has developed indicators in two policy areas which are presented on this webpage. A competitive product market environment that allows new firms to challenge incumbents, efficient firms to grow, and inefficient ones to exit, can help boost economic growth and living standards. Two main policy ingredients are necessary for a growth-enhancing competition environment. First, product market regulation should be set in a way that does not hamper competition and, second, an effective antitrust framework needs to be in place that safeguards a level playing field among firms.

World Bank Open Data

World Bank Open Data: free and open access to data about development in countries around the globe.

OECD Stats

OECD.Stat includes data and metadata for OECD countries and selected non-member economies.

IMF Data

Data on Macro-economic conditions, including World Economic Outlook, Government Finance Statistics and International Financial Statistics.

Private Participation in Infrastructure Database by World Bank

The primary source of information on private participation in infrastructure in low- and middle-income countries. It contains more than 25 years of data on private participation in infrastructure in 137 countries. The data set includes information on more than 5,000 infrastructure projects.

OECD Competition law and policy indicators

The aim of this paper is to construct indicators that measure the strength of policies aimed at preserving and promoting market competition by empowering antitrust and sectoral authorities. The indicators, which cover both general and sector-specific competition policies, extend previous OECD work covering economy-wide and sector-specific regulations that restrict competition and promote governance.

PPP FISCAL RISK ASSESSMENT MODEL by IMF and World Bank

The PFRAM, developed by the IMF and the World Bank, is an analytical tool to assess the potential fiscal costs and risks arising from PPP projects.

Global Pension Statistics by OECD

The Global Pension Statistics Project (GPS) was launched in 2002 by the OECD Working Party on Private Pensions and its Task Force on Pension Statistics. The GPS provides a valuable means for measuring and monitoring the pension industry. It allows inter-country comparisons of current statistics and indicators on key aspects of retirement systems across OECD and non-OECD countries.

Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index by AT Kearney

The 15th edition of the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Confidence Index results show that two-thirds of companies plan to return to pre-financial crisis levels of FDI by 2016. The Index finds global business leaders pursuing FDI growth strategies grounded in informed optimism.

Benchmarking Public Procurement by World Bank

Benchmarking Public Procurement provides comparable data on regulatory environments that affect the ability of private companies to do business with governments in 77 economies.

Public Accountability Mechanisms by World Bank

The Public Accountability Mechanisms Initiative provides assessments of countries' in-law and in-practice efforts to enhance the transparency of public administration and the accountability of public officials. Several transparency and accountability mechanisms are studied: (1) Financial Disclosure (income, assets and interests); (2) Conflict of Interest Restrictions; (3) Freedom of Information (openness, access, rights); (4) Immunity Provisions.

Foreign Direct Investment Restrictiveness Metric by OECD

The FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index (FDI Index) measures statutory restrictions on foreign direct investment in 58 countries, including all OECD and G20 countries, and covers 22 sectors.

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Statistics - OECD Data, Analysis and Forecasts

The OECD's interactive database contains the most up-to-date, comprehensive and meaningful measures of FDI available in the world today. The database now includes new detail on FDI by partner country and by industry.

Inter-American Development Bank - Data Sets

Explore a snapshot of key development indicators for a country related to its macroeconomic profile, global integration, and social outlook. Compare the indicator value for each country with the regional average.

Principal Global Indicators by IAG

The Principal Global Indicators dataset provides internationally comparable data for the Group of 20 Economies (G-20) and economies with systemically important financial sectors. The PGI dataset facilitates the monitoring of economic and financial development for these jurisdictions.

Development, Aid and Governance Indicators (DAGI) by Brookings Institute

The Development, Aid and Governance Indicators (DAGI) facilitate evidence-based policy analysis and foster discussions about trends in foreign assistance, governance and global development by providing a user-friendly and interactive database that features six indicators covering foreign aid, governance, and global poverty and middle class.

Corruption Perception Index

The Corruption Perceptions Index ranks countries and territories based on how corrupt their public sector is perceived to be.

Open Budget Index by International Budget Partnership

The Open Budget Index (OBI) is the world’s only independent, comparative measure of central government budget transparency.

World Justice Report Rule of Law Index by World Justice Project

The World Justice Project Rule of Law Index is the world’s leading source for original data on the rule of law. The Index’s scores are built from the assessments of local residents (1,000 respondents per country) and local legal experts, ensuring that the findings reflect the conditions experienced by the population, including marginalized sectors of society.