Publications

Multilateral Development Banks led by the International Finance Corporation - published a new joint platform, Global Toolbox, in January 2018.

The MDBs Joint Declaration of Aspirations on Actions to Support Infrastructure Investment is a tool developed to ensure that MDBs work together to scale up infrastructure investment and attract private sector investment.

A G20 report prepared by the Global Infrastructure Hub reviewing the extent to which Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) create incentives within their organisations to crowd-in private finance to fund public infrastructure.

Lifelines lays out a framework for understanding infrastructure resilience—the ability of infrastructure systems to function and meet users’ needs during and after a natural shock—and it makes an economic case for building more resilient infrastructure.

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.

G20 finance ministers and central bank governors developed a set of leading practices to promote and prioritize quality infrastructure investment.

A practical guide for governments, informed by a country-lens review of leading practices

This paper first identifies the long-term risks associated with land sale, second the paper proposes the land trust or land lease for the development of infrastructure investment and industrialization purposes.

In just a few years, ESG, also known as sustainable or responsible investing, has moved from a slightly idealistic nicheto front-page, a mainstream dimension for investors, one that strongly influences the performance and resilience of their investment over time. This is particularly the case in infrastructure, in view of its wide reaching and long-term consequences for the community.

The Joint MDB Statement for Crowding-in Private Finance builds on the previously approved Principles for MDBs’ Strategy Crowding-in Private Sector Finance for Growth and Sustainable Development, and the 2016 Joint Declaration of Aspirations on Actions to Support Infrastructure Investment.

MIT guidelines define the criteria and procedures for ex-ante evaluation of infrastructure gaps in Italy, ex-ante assessment of project and selection of projects to be included in the multi-year program of public investments

The Investment Management Standard (IMS) Guide provides good practice to support the government to identify and select the investments that provide the most benefit to society.

The investment life cycle and High Value High Risk (HVHR) Framework (life cycle guidelines) apply to all government departments in the state of Victoria and support the development of business cases for capital investments.

This publication outlines the current efforts of the Asian Development Bank to promote sustainable infrastructure in Asia and the Pacific, looking at how lives can be improved with regards to infrastructure in the energy, transport, water & waste, communcations technology areas.

The Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program is one way the Government of Canada is delivering funding to communities through the Investing in Canada Plan.

This policy brief outlines promising ideas to attract instiutional investors to pay for infrastructure they have not convinced pension funds or affluent individuals to invest, especially in emerging economies with untested issuers, The “tax-kicker” bond being proposed here could solve this issue.

This document carries out analysis in several countries to identify the role of small-scale providers (SSP) of water and sanitation services, as well as why these small scale providers exist and their experiences in Peru.