The author provides a preliminary benchmarking of infrastructure performance in Lesotho in four major sectors … of comparator countries using a new World Bank international data base with objective and perception-based indicators of … infrastructure performance from over 200 countries. The results of the benchmarking are revealing of several major, comparative …

This paper develops a structural model of infrastructure and output growth that specifies the ways in which country … characteristics and policies enter the infrastructure-GDP interactions and lead to heterogeneity of steady states and convergence …-country estimates of the model indicate that the contribution of infrastructure services to GDP is substantial and in general exceeds …

Key trends in the global infrastructure practices in the context of the sustainable development paradigm are analyzed …. Special attention is paid to the conceptual and doctrinal design of new approaches to infrastructure development - the … concepts of “sustainable infrastructure” and “quality infrastructure investments”, as well as new approaches to the development …

ensure a smart, green, fair recovery, investing in modern, resilient, and efficient infrastructure assets will be key. This …

preliminary project data as well as readily available climate-related resources and tools produced by the World Bank Group and … planning of new water production and treatment infrastructure, and helps users understand what is necessary to ensure a project … bulk water infrastructure and identifying mitigation solutions. This is done by identifying the various linkages between …

renewable energy (solar and wind) infrastructure projects procured through PPPs. It complements the World Bank Group's Climate … Toolkits for Infrastructure PPPs (CTIP3)2(the "Umbrella Toolkit") by providing step-by-step instructions on how to apply its … provisions to renewable energy specific PPPs. It is intended to familiarize public sector non-expert users with the potential …

infrastructure that also makes them archives and works of art. The Cultural Infrastructure of Cities critically re-examines the … relationship between the urban and its cultures. It expands our understanding of the concept of urban cultural infrastructure and … definitions of cultural infrastructure and its 'hard' and 'soft' dimensions before critically considering the vulnerabilities …