The paper provides the first consistently estimated data set on infrastructure investments in low- and middle …-income countries. To do so, the authors identify three possible proxies for infrastructure investments: two are variants on gross fixed …'s BOOST database. Two of these proxies rely on the World Bank's Private Participation in Infrastructure database to capture …

This paper provides an overview of the major current debates on infrastructure policy. It reviews the evidence on the … infrastructure service delivery as well as the main options for changes in the role of government (i.e. regulation and …

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) does not have the infrastructure it needs, or deserves, given its income. Many … narrow its infrastructure service gap by spending efficiently on the right things. This report asks three questions: what … these goals? In doing so, we drop the 'infrastructure gap' notion, favoring an approach built on identifying the 'service …

This paper provides an overview of the major current debates on infrastructure policy. It reviews the evidence on the … infrastructure service delivery as well as the main options for changes in the role of government (i.e. regulation and …

Climate change complicates this challenge, affecting the way we design and manage infrastructure (defined here as … transport, power, water, and sanitation) and increasing costs. But all is not negative: climate change affects both the economic … and financial analysis of infrastructure projects in a way that could help achieve long-pursued but elusive goals, such as …

The paper addresses the issue of the feasible level of private finance in a contracting model of infrastructure finding …

The paper addresses the issue of the feasible level of private finance in a contracting model of infrastructure finding …