When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers

Photo: shplendid | Flickr Creative Commons Talk of trade tariffs and heightened geopolitical tensions are dominating news headlines recently. As developed economies consider escalating…

Mark Moseley |
Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management, Governance, Infrastructure & Public-Private Partnerships

More and better infrastructure services: Let’s look at governance; financing will follow

Photo: AhmadArdity | Pixabay  There are many reasons why infrastructure projects often fail to materialize, meet their timeframe, budget, or service delivery objectives. Important examples include…

Abha Joshi-Ghani and Ian Hawkesworth |
Governance, Infrastructure & Public-Private Partnerships, Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Digital Development

Managing PPP risks with a new guide on guarantees

Just two years ago, Ghana was experiencing unstable commodity prices and a deteriorating macroeconomic situation. Yet, through a unique combination of World Bank guarantees nearly $8 billion in…

Victoria Rigby Delmon, Jenny Chao |
Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management, Infrastructure & Public-Private Partnerships, Competitiveness

Guess how many private infrastructure projects reached closure in 2015 in the poorest countries?

  Just fourteen projects in energy, transport and water/sanitation.  In only eight countries. Totaling $2.7 billion.   There are 56 IDA countries (excluding three “inactive” and a few rich enough…

Laurence Carter |
Energy, Competitiveness, Transport, Water

How national PPP units can influence regional performance: Korea’s experience

Kang-Soo Kim is Executive Director, Public and Private Infrastructure Investment Management Center (PIMAC), at the Korea Development Institute (KDI), the Republic of Korea’s leading think tank on…

Kang-Soo Kim |
Infrastructure & Public-Private Partnerships, Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Competitiveness, Digital Development