Publications

This report provides an overview of the economic outlook for the cities covered in the latest Global Cities forecasting service.

This brief outlines whyaddressing inefficiencies must be a priority across the entire system of interconnected roads, railroads, ports, and airports, in any given area.

This document provides suggestions on how to address typical challenges faced in the implementation of Facilities Management (FM) through PPPs with a focus on emerging countries with limited experience of the PPP model.

This brief explores how to ensure that today's mobility needs are not met at the expense of future generations

This Railway Reform Toolkit aims to provide an easy-to-use resource on the rail industry and to provide an experience-based set of best practices to aid in the planning and execution of railway reforms.

This paper is intended to capture the main lessons learned from conducting Open Data Readiness Assessments and assisting countries with their implementation.

This Global Tracking Framework is featured in the GlobalMobility Report which provides the first-ever assessment of all modes of transport across theglobe.

This note provides examples of the synergies and trade-offs a policy-maker should consider and manage in order to achieve sustainable mobility

This report thus attempts to address the economic impact of road safety, while providing a comprehensive overview of the challenge in estimating the social impact of road traffic injuries (RTIs).

Marsh & McLennan Companies Asia Pacific Risk Center estimates that between 55-65 percent of projects in Asia are not bankable without support from government or multilateral development banks.

The World Bank undertook a comprehensive assessment of South Asia’s container ports to support South Asian governments and stakeholders in the sector. It sought to understand the links between performance and its drivers and costs and to identify whether and how performance might be improved. The study proposes an approach for improvement based on regional and global experience.

This paper summarizes and expands the state-of-the-art understanding of the urbanization, development, environment, and inequality nexus.

This Railway Reform Toolkit aims to provide aneasy-to-use resource on the rail industry —what it is and what it does best— and to provide an experience-based set of best practices to aid inthe planning and execution of railway reforms.

Benchmarking Public Procurement provides comparable data on regulatory environments that affect the ability of private companies to do business with governments in 180 economies.

The guidelines and procedure for the formulation of the 2017-2022 Public Investment Program (PIP) provides a framework and process for the formulation of the PIP.

This paper presents three different approaches to quantifying postive and negative “additionalities” of cross-border transport infrastructure developments in GMS economic corridors.

This paper examines the evolution of infrastructure and the impact of infrastructure investment and public finance shocks on key development indicators and growth performance in the context of middle income countries.

Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) are now being used in many countries to develop infrastructure projects.