The global landscape of private investments in infrastructure has witnessed a dynamic shift in recent years. The Private Participation in Infrastructure 2023 half-year report shows overall…

Seong Ho Hong |

Railways connect people to opportunities and markets. People use railways to get to their jobs, to visit family, to travel to school. And railways help people get the things they produce to…

Martha Lawrence, Matthias Plavec |

Heading into COP28, the World Bank Group’s vision for a livable planet supported by climate-resilient infrastructure takes on urgency. PPPs accelerate sustainable infrastructure by allowing…

Emmanuel Nyirinkindi |

South Africa has the potential to become a leading producer of green hydrogen. Green hydrogen will be in high demand as countries aim to reduce carbon emissions, especially in sectors like…

Rico Salgmann, Maximilian Weidenhammer, Dominik Englert |

Caribbean airports, which are often located near the coastline, have been paying a heavy toll. From the Bahamas to Puerto Rico and Dominica, Caribbean nations across the region have seen their…

Xavier Espinet, Mark Lunsford, Mohammad Dehghani |

São Paulo is the economic powerhouse of Brazil. With a metropolitan population of over 22 million people, it is also the largest city in the Southern hemisphere. But for low-income populations or…

Carlos Bellas Lamas |

Road crashes happen in a moment but can leave lasting damage. This is a global problem with a high human and financial cost. Every year, approximately 1.35 million people are killed and 50 million…

Shomik Mehndiratta, Sudeshna Mitra |

According to WHO, the rate of road traffic fatalities in Bangladesh is 15.3 per 100,000 people. A number that can be significantly reduced through the appropriate use of trauma registries and…

Suresh Kunhi Mohammed, Md Rafi Hossain, Ramim Ahmed |

In the summer of 2022, Pakistan was hit by destructive floods. One third of the country was submerged underwater, About 33 million people were impacted directly, 8 million people were displaced,…

Muhammad Bilal Paracha, Fatima Noor Aftab, Andries Michiel Heyns |

The rise in popularity of motorcycles and the growth in mobility has come with a grim consequence in Bangladesh - an increase in fatal motorcycle accidents. So how can it curb deaths and injuries…

Dilshad Sultan Dossani, Ahmed Najmul Hussein |