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New legislation helped enable construction of the Tsukuba Express Line for fast travel between central Tokyo and the nation’s largest research hub.
Presentation of the Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) at the World Bank and MLIT Knowledge Sharing Seminar
As the government of Saudi Arabia aimed to rapidly diversify its economy away from oil, there was an increased focus on sustainable strategies and growth of Islamic capital markets. With its Green Sukuk Framework, Saudi Electricity Company raised USD1.3 billion for low-carbon and climate-resilient infrastructure.
To help transition to a low-carbon green economy, China announced plans to grow a corporate green bond market, establishing pilot zones in five provinces and autonomous regions to inform national green finance policies.
India's infrastructure needed substantial investment to fulfill the demands of the growing economy. The Indian government introduced various initiatives to demonstrate domestic confidence to foreign investors, including Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) as an avenue for infrastructure developers to divest operational projects and reduce their leverage.
The Chicago Infrastructure Trust (CIT) was created in 2012 to provide focus and leadership to build a pipeline of executable public-private partnership projects to meet Chicago’s infrastructure needs, drive economic development, and create jobs.
Singapore's SolarNova program is a whole-of-government effort to accelerate the deployment of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. The government took the lead in rolling out the rooftop PV systems across public housing and government buildings in collaboration with solar developers.
The Canadian Government established a national infrastructure bank to help attract private sector investors and institutional investmet in infrastructure projects in Canada that will generate revenue and are in the public interest.
The Pensions Infrastructure Platform was developed to facilitate long-term investment in UK infrastructure by pension schemes. It was established by UK pension schemes to operate and invest for pension schemes. It allows pension schemes of all sizes to invest in national infrastructure projects by pooling resources into a single investment fund.
Australia’s national government introduced policy to incentivise asset recycling / capital recycling by state-level governments, offering up to 15% of the sale or lease proceeds of asset privatisations for re-investment in infrastructure projects. Since 2014, the State of New South Wales has raised AUD32.7 billion through asset recycling.
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) launched the Green Economy Transition (GET) approach in 2015 to accelerate investments that drive environmental benefits. Following the severe impact of the COVID-19 health emergency, a new GET 2.0 was proposed to contribute to a green economic recovery post-COVID-19.
AIFP equips African civil servants to effectively lead infrastructure project procurement and financing.
This simple and free tool enables project proponents to easily conduct early-stage cost-benefit analyses of bus transport projects.
This original research on infrastructure megatrends inspires the creation of future infrastructure.
This Guidance Note prepares governments to set up or reform national infrastructure banks and accelerate projects to market.
The QII database provides hundreds of resources to improve the quality of infrastructure in alignment with the G20 QII principles and UN SDGs.
This guide to global best practices helps project teams successfully deliver infrastructure that crosses national borders.
The Inclusive Infrastructure recommendations help project teams ensure positive and equitable social benefits from infrastructure.
In this online training program, learn to shape infrastructure policy and projects that increase equality and economic empowerment.
This resource and its hundreds of case studies give project proponents a catalogue of proven mechanisms to fund and finance infrastructure.
Detailed recommendations based on global benchmarks serve as a model for output specifications that drive value for money.
