Infrastructure Knowledge Exchange

To achieve more efficient outcomes and address the high cost of delivering infrastructure in the UK it is necessary for both public and private sector clients to ensure their capability aligns with the challenges they face and to optimise their approach to engaging their supply chains.

The Infrastructure Data Initiative, was launched to address the issue of establishing infrastructure as an asset class through data collection and improving the availability of infrastructure investment data.

The Global Emerging Markets (“GEMs”) Risk Database Consortium is the world’s largest default and loss database for the emerging markets business of International Financial Institutions (“IFIs”).

The Multi-Asset Infrastructure Index is a 50%/50% split between the Global Equity Infrastructure Index and the Global Bond Infrastructure Index.

GIF-supported projects may be implemented by privately-operated entities (as under a PPP modality), or by public sector entities operating on a commercial basis.

The National Infrastructure Fund (Fonadin) is the coordination vehicle of the Government of Mexico to support the planning, design, construction and more.

The GEF funded Caribbean Regional Fund for Wastewater Management (CReW) is a four-year project that began in 2011.

VGF is a government support in the form of contribution of some of the construction cost, given in cash to a PPP project that already economically viable but has not had a financial feasibility.

Infrastructure guarantee is a guarantee given on GCA’s financial obligation to pay compensation to the project company in the occurence of infrastructure risks which has become GCA’s responsibility based on risk allocations agreed in the PPP agreement.

The AIIB Project Preparation Special Fund (“Fund”) provides grants to support and facilitate the preparation of projects to be financed by AIIB in eligible member countries.

The performance of an urban road system can be defined according to different thematic areas such as traffic flow, accessibility, maintenance and safety, for which the scientific literature proposes different measurement indicators.

Benefit-cost analysis (BCA) is a valuable and widely used tool. To reduce the odds of misuse, this report probes some important methodological issues, especially as they relate to transport projects.

This report addresses the critical question: how can the public and private sectors build successful partnerships?

This booklet aims to provide a platform for sharing the knowledge gained through a review of best practice case studies within Australia’s public sector.

Australian governments have developed national guidelines for the delivery of infrastructure projects to promote cross-government consistency and the use of best practice approaches.

The new renewable sources, such as sun or wind, show a specific set of characteristics such as geographical and temporal variability that challenge their integration into traditional energy systems to supply electricity.

This second report of the Business Working Group, "Managing transnational infrastructure programmes in Africa - Challenges and best practices", identifies the key hurdles that have to be overcome.

This second version of the PPP Reference Guide, as the first one, presents a global overview of the diversity of approaches and experiences in the implementation of PPPs and more.

This PPP Insight looks at the different ways that the private sector has been engaged in PPPs around the world and the extensive vairety of payment mechanisms.

Oxford Economics, in cooperation with the Organization of American States (OAS), has published a report on the TIR System as an example of a best practice for facilitating intermodal transport in Latin American Countries.