A lack of well-prepared projects is a major obstacle to infrastructure development in emerging and developing countries …, and hence to their general economic development. In Africa, for example, the infrastructure shortfall involves the … enhanced. That in turn enhances the prospects for full-scale sustainable infrastructure development, and all the consequences …

Trillions of dollars are needed to bridge the infrastructure gap. This report examines various elements of political … and regulatory risk in infrastructure projects and identifies factors which need to be harnessed so that investment can …One of the most important areas for alternative investment is indeed infrastructure, particularly if this type of asset …

"The report, Risk Mitigation Instruments in Infrastructure: Gap Assessment, offers a framework for institutions to … assess gaps in the provision of risk-mitigation instruments and to mobilize much-needed long-term infrastructure investment … institutions and the broader infrastructure investment market - to allow for a significant scale-up of risk mitigation instruments …