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Infrastructure definitions and classifications (taxonomies) have a huge impact on how much gets invested in infrastructure and what types of infrastructure get this investment. This week the G20 and GI Hub held a roundtable on infrastructure taxonomies to explore how they can be used to help close the infrastructure investment gap.
The participants of the second Regional Roundtable on Infrastructure Governance held in Côte D’Ivoire last week reinforced the need for good governance across all stages of infrastructure delivery. The Regional Roundtable was the second of its kind, with the first held in South Africa in November 2017.
Coastline traffic in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, has overwhelmed road capacity. Three highway concession contracts were introduced, using a demand risk sharing mechanism and dynamic user fee model to attract private sector participation.
Pre-COVID-19, two Sao Paulo metro lines carried 1 million passengers daily. A demand sharing mechanism encouraged private sector investment in the concession contract.
Talk of trade tariffs and heightened geopolitical tensions are dominating news headlines recently. As developed economies consider escalating protectionist policies, it’s easy to forget about the situation many emerging markets face.
An industry event about the need to attract private capital and develop infrastructure as a standalone asset class is nothing new. However, the G20 Infrastructure Financing Seminar that took place in London last week was unique in that it had the most wide-ranging and intense interactions between governments and the private sector that I have seen to-date.
This paper uses a standardised measurement framework of development effectiveness, econometric analysis and case studies to assess the performance of African countries in terms of aid effectiveness in the water sector.
While the infrastructure financing gap is huge, one of the main constraints to infrastructure development is not a lack of finance, but instead, a lack of well-prepared, bankable infrastructure projects.
Digital knowledge platforms that share data and knowledge on-site during construction and maintenance, making it readily accessible to all workers thereby reducing project time while also improving work quality and safety.
This study examines all aspects of the digitalisation of infrastructure for a sustainable future
Digital technology to enable regulators to measure water abstracted and use data for compliance and enforcement purposes.
InfraChallenge 2021 invited ideas for building and maintaining better, more resilient infrastructure. Today we announce the Top 10 competitors.
This paper investigates the interaction between corruption and governance at the sector level.
The second volume of this report and looks at infrastructure statistics in Brazil and international benchmarks, regulatory policy issues, contract negotiations, and gives conclusions and policy implications on these topics.
As stimulus spending ramps up, a ten-year trend study shows private investment in new infrastructure has declined since 2010.
The Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) held its Partnership Council Meeting in Vienna, Austria this June. This meeting brought together PPIAF’s esteemed donors and welcomed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as the newest donor to PPIAF with their contribution that has supported the integration of the Global Infrastructure Hub (GI Hub) into the PPIAF family. Over the two days, PPIAF engaged in a packed agenda where donors expressed appreciation for the impactful and relevant programs PPIAF delivers.

The interest generated by the role of PPP in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is considerable.

Respond to our annual Stakeholder Survey and help us drive change as pressing global climate and economic problems call for infrastructure that is exponentially more sustainable, more inclusive, and more resilient.
This paper focuses on how to improve services by laying out the rationale and steps for cities to achieve bus sector reforms, with case studies, examples and illustrations.