Appropriate and effective regulatory frameworks remain crucial for ensuring that investments in infrastructure are done … strategically and efficiently. Benchmarking infrastructure development 2020 assesses the regulatory quality for preparation …, procurement, and management of large infrastructure projects through both public-private partnerships (PPPs) and traditional …

quantitative data on Colombian infrastructure contracts, we demonstrate that municipalities exhibit an 'electoral contracting cycle … Marta, reinforce that infrastructure contractors provide a critical source of campaign finance and can create subnational …

Contents: 1. Infrastructure provision -- 2. Why is infrastructure of such significance? -- 3. The evolution of … infrastructure services -- 4. The promise of public private partnerships -- 5. Implementing a partnership agenda -- 6. Risk analysis … in procurement -- 7. Comparing public infrastructure procurement models -- 8. Choosing amongst infrastructure procurement …

efficiently and effectively. To help countries improve the institutions and processes for infrastructure governance (the planning … public investment will be necessary to build public infrastructure that makes economies more resilient to climate change and … low-carbon and climate-resilient infrastructure …