News

The Global Infrastructure Hub welcomes yesterday’s launch of the G20’s Pandemic Fund to address pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response, particularly in vulnerable countries.

Report reviewing the extent to which Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) create incentives within their organisations to ‘crowd-in’ private finance to fund public infrastructure.

A consultative workshop on the Global Infrastructure Hub’s upcoming reference guide on Output Specifications for Quality Infrastructure was held in Paris in partnership with Mott MacDonald on 15 April.

The Global Infrastructure Hub has launched its Project Pipeline, an online platform to provide the private sector with free information about government infrastructure projects across the world.

The third Annual Meeting of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) was held in Mumbai on 25-26 June 2018, and the Global Infrastructure Hub was asked to join one of the panels organised by India, as the host nation.

On 3-4 July 2018 the GI Hub gave a series of presentations at the International PPP Finance Summit, held in London.

On 22 July, at their meeting in Buenos Aries, the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors voted to renew the mandate of the Global Infrastructure Hub for another four years.

Infrastructure news from the G20 FMCBG and FCBD meetings in Gandhinagar, India

The Global Infrastructure Hub’s Breakfast, in partnership with the World Economic Forum, took place in Washington D.C. yesterday. Infrastructure leaders and professionals

The GI Hub was asked by the Asia Pacific Investors Cooperation organisation (APIC) to give a presentation on the state of ASEAN infrastructure markets at the APIC 2018 Summit in Tokyo on 21-22 June 2018.

At last week’s meetings of the G20 Finance Ministers in Washington DC in the margins of the World Bank / IMF Spring Meetings, conversations continued to drive toward action on debt, reform of multilateral institutions, and sustainable finance and investment for the climate transition.

The GI Hub was asked to join a panel discussion on Risk Mitigation in Infrastructure Financing. Mark Moseley, the GI Hub’s Chief Operating Officer, identified the risks which typically arise during major infrastructure projects, including land acquisition risks, demand risks, foreign exchange risks and political risks.

Mark Moseley, the GI Hub’s Senior Director for Legal Frameworks and Procurement Policies, pictured above, gave two presentations at the Asia PPP Practitioners Network (APN) Conference held in Seoul, South Korea, on 30 November – 2 December, 2016.

For the second year the conference gathered Brazilians and foreign professionals from the infrastructure public and private sector. The conference focused on the role of privatisation of infrastructure assets, PPPs and Concessions for the next wave of Brazilian infrastructure projects as part of the 20 year infrastructure program 2018 to 2038.