Quality Infrastructure Investment Database

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 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.

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.

Between September and October 2018, we gathered the views of 118 power and utility company executives from over 100 companies and 56 different countries or territories in Europe, the Americas, Asia–Pacific, Middle East and Africa.

During the period 2016-18, various countries in Latin America have begun monitoring rural water supply service delivery.

Overall, the study has taken a broad approach to defining OA - going well beyond the minimalist notion of simply guaranteeing legal access to the grid for generators and wholesale buyers.

By delivering efficient, cost-effective and innovative maintenance services, well-designed output and performance-based road maintenance contracts can help maintain road assets and achieve value-for-money.

The efficiency of toll roads is important. Not just for tolling operators, but also for governments, investors and the driving public.

The core principle behind the PPP is the creation of a contractual bubble – a framework of contracts.

The Energy Division of the Infrastructure and Environment Sector (INE/ENE) of the Inter-American Development Bank has launched a technical cooperation project called "Smart Grid and Its Application in Sustainable Cities" .

The Toolkit is a reference guide for public authorities in developing countries for the development of PPP programs in the highways sector, particularly in assisting in PPP policy development, project preparation and the sourcing and more.

Presents the findings of a desktop research study of standard public-private partnership (PPP) contracts and contractual principles from economies with well-developed PPP programs and more.

The report identifies and explores six critical success factors that governments should be aware of and seriously consider when preparing an infrastructure project to be delivered as a Public-Private Partnership.

The report identifies and illustrates three critical success factors that governments should be aware of and should seriously consider for their operations and mainteance strategies.

UN ESCAP supports governments in Asia-Pacific in implementing measures to efficiently involve the private sector in infrastructure development.

In a meeting held in Chengdu, the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors asked the Global Infrastructure Hub (GI Hub) to “work with the MDBs to assess internal incentives with regard to crowding-in private finance.

The New Climate Economy explores how countries at all levels of income can have better economic growth and a better climate.