This paper examines the issue of financing infrastructure investment projects. It looks closely at what the market failures are that mean the private sector has not been able to cover the investment requirement itself. It will then assess the government failures associated with intervention, and...

Le présent rapport est consacré au financement des projets d’investissement dans les infrastructures (de transport). Ses auteurs examinent de près les défaillances du marché en raison desquelles le secteur privé ne parvient pas à combler à lui seul l’intégralité des besoins en...

This paper puts numbers on the investment needs for urban transport infrastructure under different policy scenarios. The cities of the future will be shaped by today's decisions about physical transport assets, and the urgent need to halt climate change makes it more important than ever to get...