Publications

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.

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.

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 OECD paper provides a stocktake of investor practices and adoption of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) in their investment processes.

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

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.

The goal of this paper is to describe the common features of small scale providers, propose common typology for describing and classifying different types of SPSPs, assess the scale and knowledge of SPSPs and compare patterns and trends in small scale water supply and electricity services.

This resource consists of a variety of options available to address the principle as applicable to the particular circumstances of a project.

Interactive Tendering Guidelines (“Guidelines”), prepared for the Construction Leadership Group (“CLG”) developed to inform government and industry of best practice interactive tendering.