To assist with the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, this paper develops a framework to estimate infrastructure financing needs of the Asia-Pacific least developed countries (LDCs), landlocked developing countries (LLDCs), and small island developing States (SIDS) by...

"Public private partnerships in which the private sector takes on roles previously carried out by the public sector have been heavily promoted in the provision of infrastructure throughout the world, but especially in the UK, the USA and Canada. In Ideology Over Economics, economist John Loxley...

This paper examines trends in infrastructure investment and its financing in low-income developing countries (LIDCs). Following an acceleration of public investment over the last 15 years, the stock of infrastructure assets increased in LIDCs, even though large gaps remain compared to emerging...

Critical reflections on public private partnerships : an introduction / Jasmine Gideon and Elaine Unterhalter -- Situating PPPs / Ben Fine -- Beyond typologies : what is a public private partnership? / Maria Jose Romero and Elisa Van Waeyenberge -- Slum redevelopment in Mumbai as a PPP / Amita...

Critical reflections on public private partnerships : an introduction / Jasmine Gideon and Elaine Unterhalter -- Situating PPPs / Ben Fine -- Beyond typologies : what is a public private partnership? / Maria Jose Romero and Elisa Van Waeyenberge -- Slum redevelopment in Mumbai as a PPP / Amita...

Asia, particularly its major economies has witnessed slower growth in recent years. To make Asia more economically sustainable and resilient against external shocks to recover from the falling growth, most regional economies need to rebalance their export-oriented (mostly to advanced economies)...