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The Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) in collaboration with the Multilateral Cooperation Center for Development Finance (MCDF), Egyptian Ministry of Finance, African Development Bank (AfDB), Asian Development Bank (ADB), World Bank and the World Association of PPP Units and Professionals (WAPPP) will be hosting a series of webinars to provide valuable insights into PPPs.

This event will focus on fostering an enabling environment for optimizing pooled investment vehicles in attracting private financing for climate and infrastructure projects, highlighting successful models and best practices.

After decades of private sector growth, private capital holds most available global finance. The rise of private wealth coincided with the decline of public wealth in developed countries, which now hold zero or even negative shares in total wealth due to significant public debt burdens, according to the 2022 World Inequality Lab Report. Moreover, the 2023 IMF Global Debt Monitor revealed that global public debt reached 90% of GDP in 2022, a dramatic increase from the 30% recorded in the early 1970s.

This article reviews five economic shocks that are worsening the bankability of new infrastructure projects, and eight approaches to improve bankability and get projects off the ground.

Banks are leaders in structuring and financing private investment in new projects, however recent banking regulations discourage them from prioritising infrastructure

In this article, we explain the regulatory barriers that face the infrastructure asset class and that discourage the uptake of commonly used credit-risk mitigation instruments, and how we are working toward addressing these challenges.

At the G20 Infrastructure Working Group (IWG) meeting in Pretoria from 21-22 May, the Global Infrastructure Hub and PPIAF presented progress on IWG’s Priority One: “Developing investable infrastructure pipelines and addressing data gaps”.

In 2018, after 3 years of droughts, the city of Cape Town in South Africa faced severe water shortages. Dam reservoir capacity had dropped to critical levels and the city was fast approaching “Day Zero” of no water availability. Desalination, new dams, strict water usage limits – all solutions were on the table. Solving the water crisis in Cape Town required a variety of activities, including gray infrastructure, behavioral change, pricing changes, and a massive communications campaign. Among all these approaches, one important contribution was surprising: the removal of invasive plant species.