Infrastructure Knowledge Exchange

The efficiency of toll roads is important. Not just for tolling operators, but also for governments, investors and the driving public.

The Port Reform Toolkit is aimed to provide policymakers and practitioners with effective decision support in undertaking sustainable and well-considered reforms of public institutions that provide, direct, and regulate port services in developing countries.

This book proposes a synthesis of several of the works carried out for the research program, as well as a comparison with other works treating a similar problem.

The UNECE International PPP Centre of Excellence has as its core vision the implementation of PPP solutions to promote the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

WHO and UNICEF established the Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene in 1990, and published regular global updates throughout the Millennium Development Goal period.

Infrastructure investment needs to be substantially increased in most developing and emerging economies to meet social needs and support more rapid economic growth.

With a people-centred vision, the Argentine G20 Presidency placed sustainable development at the forefront of the G20 agenda in 2018, under the theme “Building consensus for fair and sustainable development”.

This report sets out several recent advances and describes efforts to improve the quality of Transport Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) and its applicability to decision-making.

The G20/OECD Principles of Corporate Governance help policy makers evaluate and improve the legal, regulatory, and institutional framework for corporate governance, with a view to supporting economic efficiency, sustainable growth and financial stability.

The OECD DAC Blended Finance Principles for Unlocking Commercial Finance for the SDGs aims to ensure that blended finance is deployed in the most effective way to address the financing needs for sustainable development.

The paper “Partnering to Build a Better World: MDBs’ Common Approaches to Supporting Infrastructure Development” presents a brief description of how MDBs work with their Borrowing Member Countries (BMCs) .

The Future of Infrastructure report (Annual edition) is based on a survey covering more than 10,000 people in 10 major global cities to ask about their everyday experiences with infrastructure services.

One of the main challenges in introducing PPPs lies in the proper definition of governance structures for all actors.

The present study “Review of success stories in urban water utility reform” was commissioned in 2015 as a follow-up to an independent evaluation of SECO’s Corporate Development activities.

In 2015, SECO undertook a Review of Success Stories in Urban Water Utility Reform. Key tables and diagrams from the Review are presented in this document – forming a tool for analysis and dialogue.

The use of public-private partnerships to design, build and deliver infrastructure worldwide has grown significantly in the past decade.

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.

SDG 6 seeks to ensure safe drinking water and sanitation for all, focusing on the sustainable management of water resources, wastewater and ecosystems, and acknowledging the importance of an enabling environment. The SDG 6 Data Portal brings together data on all the SDG 6 global indicators and other key social, economic and environmental parameters.

The Blended Finance Facility (BFF) will build on and expand IFC’s existing blended finance platforms by extending support into new high-impact sectors.

The LCF will allow IFC to provide financing in local currency for high impact projects in IDA and FCS countries where local currency solutions are underdeveloped or completely missing.