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Infrastructure Investment and Financing

Defining the role of automated transportation infrastructure in shaping sociotechnical systems

Broaden the Scope of Functionalities and Services for New Investment Frameworks Rationale The need to invent and implement carbon-neutral sociotechnical systems as well as the hunt for opportunities in artificial intelligence, automation, and digital technologies are often found to be complementary. This […]

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Bridging the gaps and mitigating the risks: Tackling the challenges of sustainable cross-border energy infrastructure finance

1. The G20 can strengthen regional governance and capacity building for power integration. Enable and enhance the role of regional institutions in energy system interconnection If there is a single lesson for the governance of cross-border power system integration, it is enabling […]

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Quality infrastructure investment in the face of the Covid-19 crisis: Sustainability, profitability, and demand versus resilience

1. Enhancing private sector involvement During many past economic contractions, private sector financing has recovered much more quickly than government budget deficits. Hence, preparing more attractive private financing instruments can effectively promote sustainable infrastructure. If countries rely only on conventional financing concepts, […]

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Africa’s infrastructure finance

Fixing Sub Saharan Africa’s infrastructure gap could also help reduce the pressures of rising debt Africa has made significant progress in reducing poverty and increasing access to education and health services, but the gap in infrastructure services still looms large throughout the […]

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The wider economic impacts of transportation infrastructure

Toward wider and longer-term economic impacts Decision makers should consider other indirect impacts of transport projects. These co-effects are less economic and short-term than the conventional WEIs, but may be of primary interest, especially to civil society, which would like to be […]

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Evaluating resilient infrastructure sytems

Successful and cost-effective implementation of solutions to increase infrastructure resilience requires addressing the vulnerabilities of the infrastructure network’s different components on a holistic basis, that is, considering all potential threats globally. While this policy brief focuses on increasing resilience to natural disasters […]

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Shaping the new frontiers of sustainable (urban) infrastructure: Reviewing the long-term value of infrastructure investments and enabling system change

Creating sustainable infrastructure in the context of 2020 Well-functioning infrastructure is crucial for any economy, but the world remains unable to deliver on the quantity and quality of investment needed. However, building sustainable infrastructure depends on international financial institutions (IFIs) and business […]

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An intelligent multisided PPP marketplace to resolve chronic impediments to PPP

To resolve these challenges, we propose the adoption of an open and intelligent PPP marketplace (i3PM) platform by public and private sector stakeholders. The proposed marketplace employs the hybrid of multisided platform economies, artificial intelligence, financial technology, and collective intelligence. These factors […]

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Policies facilitating increased private investment financing for high-impact, sustainable infrastructure projects

1. Increasing private investment in infrastructure projects in developing and emerging markets. Proposed policy actions: Simplify the infrastructure funding process by combining investors and borrowers in an infrastructure investment clearinghouse with UN/World Bank/IMF advisory oversight. Establish a Board of Private Infrastructure Investor […]

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Harnessing innovation in sustainable infrastructure and investment

While the G20 has long discussed the need for member nations to prepare for the realities of climate change, 2020 has been a wakeup call that not enough is being done. The COVID-19 pandemic’s shock to the real economy serves as a […]

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Achieving project financial certainty via financial risk analysis for robust infrastructure investment

Project financial certainty (defined as the initial project budget allocation that is sufficient for project completion) can be achieved by applying the proposed financial risk analysis techniques from the inception of the project. This will create an effective and efficient allocation of […]

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Multilateral cooperation for investment can mobilize infrastructure funds and link needs of investors, governments, and people

Planned infrastructure development can positively exploit the diversity among countries and sub-regions and narrow development gaps. Several guidelines have been designed to support governments and financial institutions toward meeting the global standards of governance, sustainability, and investment pathways. These include the G20 […]

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Policies and implementation guidelines for data-driven, integrated, risk-based planning of sustainable infrastructure

There are many benefits of deploying integrated systems planning apart from cost savings. For example, improving urban-rural linkages in which waste from the city is recycled into nutrients for use in farms, and land used for growing crops is also used to […]

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Impact of sea-level rise and extreme events on infrastructure development in global trade and logistics supply chain

Given the challenges described above, two policy recommendations are proposed. Policy I Enable a global framework based on a structural assessment of climate change risk in maritime activities to create a sustainability roadmap for the future. Extreme weather events have had significant […]

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Policy recommendations: Adaptations for private sector-led infrastructure development in africa

Background Ongoing global efforts Although numerous regional and global efforts address Africa’s infrastructure gap, including those from G20 countries, more is needed to address sustainable, decarbonized/carbon neutral inflow of private capital to finance an investment push. For example, the Programme for Infrastructure […]

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Instruments and mechanisms to mobilize private investments in local infrastructure

International organizations, MDBs, and governments have designed and developed a variety of tools aimed at improving project pipelines and attracting investment throughout the lifecycle of infrastructure projects. Since the UN published its Addis Ababa Action Agenda in 2015 (UNDESA 2015), the focus […]

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Quality Infrastructure Investment and Land Trust in the face of COVID19 crisis

1.Quality Infrastructure investment as a response to COVID-19 crisis The COVID-19 outbreak will bring huge budget deficits and declines in infrastructure investment by governments. Existing infrastructure would be facing with shortage of funds to support of their maintenance. Lack of maintenance will […]

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Policy and Institutional Framework for Delivering on Sustainable Infrastructure

1. Revamp the upstream policy and institutional foundation to deliver on sustainable infrastructure The policy and institutional underpinnings for delivering on infrastructure projects are complex, encompassing upstream planning and project prioritization, sound frameworks for procurement and public-private partnerships, institutional capacities and governance, […]

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Economic Effects of Infrastructure Investment from the Land-based Financing

Various solutions can be proposed for more effective implementation of the LBF tool. The first step is a systematic approach and long-term participation Designed solutions from time to time return us to the basic concepts related to investment, taxation and institutional approaches. […]

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Building Resilient Infrastructure Systems

“Infrastructure planning must be improved at all levels of government to create pipelines of sustainable infrastructure projects aligned with long-term climate and development objectives. Priority actions include: … Make resilience the norm to limit vulnerability to climate damages.” (OECD/TheWorldBank/UN environment, 2018). We […]

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Infrastructure Investment Needs and Sources of Financing

1. Innovative Approaches to Augment Public Infrastructure Investments Governments can increase public investment in infrastructure by raising more revenues, reorienting spending, and borrowing prudently. Policy makers must evaluate how much fiscal space is available to increase infrastructure investment under various options for […]

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High-quality infrastructure and land acquisition for infrastructure development through land trusts

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Fostering the cross-border infrastructure for sustainable development and regional cooperation

Create a global network of regional and national Centers for Infrastructures Development (hubs) on cross-institutional coordination with the aim of supporting national governments, multilateral institutions, businesses, societies and local communities in the field of cross-border infrastructure development. The network will strengthen multilateral […]

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How Do Countries Build Resilient Financial Structures in the Wake of Natural Disasters?

I.                Build local resilience to reduce economic impact  Disruption from disasters is devastating to local economies.  Direct impacts such as loss of life and infrastructure repair can be quantifiable.  For example, global insurance group Swiss Re estimated total economic losses from disasters […]

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