Infrastructure

Infrastructure forms the backbone of a functioning society by providing the physical conditions for economic activities and social interactions. It encompasses a wide range of facilities such as transportation networks, energy supply, communication networks, and service facilities.

Here you will find current articles, publications, and thematic focuses on infrastructure.

Recent Articles on Infrastructure

The African Renewable Energy Initiative: Promoting People-Centred Energy Solutions

More than 640 million Africans live without electricity. This has negative impacts not only on the population’s health and education outcomes it also limits the development the economy.

By Tasneem Essop

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Thematic Focuses on Infrastructure

Infrastructure and Investment policy

Focus on G20: From Germany to Argentina

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Publications on Infrastructure

The Beijing-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Study

The business of the AIIB is the financing of large infrastructure projects such as power plants, dams and transport routes. Such investments are inherently associated with high environmental and social risks, as well as corruption and high levels of debt. This study provides an overview of the institution's close alignment with China and its transparency and information disclosure rules.

Debt Relief by Private Creditors: Lessons from the Brady Plan

Debt Relief for Green and Inclusive Recovery Project

This paper reviews the main features of and experiences with the Brady Plan, which in 1989 laid the foundation for the restructuring of the sovereign debt of mainly Latin American countries. It argues that the combination of credit enhancement for restructured debt, moral suasion, and tax as well as regulatory relief to encourage private creditors to participate in debt restructurings may provide a template for addressing today's sovereign debt problems.

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Perspectives 02/2017: Putting People Back Into Infrastructure

This edition of Perspectives contributes to the ongoing debate on infrastructure development in Africa by sharing snapshots of experience from around the continent, exploring questions about democratic participation, the role of human and environmental rights, and economic transformation.

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