Infrastructure Knowledge Exchange

CAF promotes a sustainable development model through credit operations, non-reimbursable resources, and support in the technical and financial structuring of projects in the public and private sectors of Latin America.

LAIF's main purpose is to promote additional sustainable investment in key infrastructure in the transport, energy, and environment sectors, as well as support private sector development in LAC countries.

The Fund will finance activities that focus on improving agricultural productivity and natural resources management as a means of enhancing food security and reducing poverty.

The general objective of the program is to create opportunities and utilise the comparative advantage of the region in biodiversity and ecosystems services for sustainable and inclusive development in LAC.

Una guía en español para ayudar a los países en desarrollo a evaluar el riesgo de inversión de infraestructura para proyectos del sector transporte en contratos de Asociación Público-Privada (PPP) ya está disponible a través de la página web del Global Infrastructure Hub (GI Hub).

A Spanish-language guide to help developing countries assess infrastructure investment risk for Public-Private Partnership (PPP) transport sector projects is now available through the Global Infrastructure Hub’s website.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

The report gives an overview of funded and private pension systems worldwide and outlines the latest developments.

The United Nations Tops the A.T.Kearney FDI Confidence Index for the 6th year in a row. This enduring attractiveness is likely in large part because the US is the largest market in the world.

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

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.

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.

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.