Infrastructure Knowledge Exchange

With technology transforming how we live and work, infrastructure investing is becoming more complicated. To help investors deal with disruption, McKinsey has explored recent developments in the infrastructure investment landscape, with a focus on technological advances that are changing both asset value and how assets are delivered.

The Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) is developing a new top-down benchmarking methodology, which will be used to encourage better and more consistent benchmarking across infrastructure projects among both government departments and client organisations.

This PPIAF-funded report aims to discuss and disseminate information on how Islamic finance has been applied in infrastructure projects through PPP schemes, what the structural challenges and solutions are, and what can be done to deepen and maximise the use of Islamic finance for this purpose.

This report assesses infrastructure PPP investments in an expanded list of Fragile and Conflict Affected States (EFCS2), as well as the PPP regulatory frameworks during the 2012-2016 period.

This handbook synthesises and disseminates knowledge to inform the planning, implementation, and operations of urban rail projects.

The OECD is exploring the policy implications of blockchain in a variety of areas including health, transportation, agriculture, environment, and supply chain management.

The OECD is exploring the policy implications of blockchain in a variety of areas including health, transportation, agriculture, environment, and supply chain management.

The International Labour Organization has promoted employment-intensive public and community works programmes as a major means of job creation and poverty alleviation in developing countries. This paper analyses the effects of such employment programmes in infrastructure and public works projects.

This document reviews the definitions and elements of the good governance policies of a number of multilateral development institutions.

The draft Reference Tool on Inclusive Infrastructure and Social Equity is open for public consultation to capture your insights and feedback for the final version.

The term of a public-private partnership (PPP) contract can exceed 20 or even 30 years. At the end of the term, the relevant private partner is often obligated to hand back the public asset in question (whether it be a road, an airport or a hospital) in a condition that meets the government procuring authority’s expectations.

Globally, governments are accountable for the development of infrastructure and the delivery of basic services in an affordable and inclusive manner. The ability of governments to nurture a conducive enabling environment for infrastructure investment has often been found to be a key differentiator between countries that successfully scale up infrastructure and those that face challenges in doing so.

The Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) supports economic growth and poverty reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean through encouraging increased private investment and advancing private sector development. It works with the private sector to develop, finance, and execute innovative business models that benefit entrepreneurs and poor and low-income households; partners with a wide variety of institutions from the private, public and nonprofit sectors; evaluates results; and shares lessons learned.