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Digital Public Infrastructure and Development: A World Bank Group Approach
DPI is an approach to digitalization focused on creating “foundational, digital building blocks designed for the public benefit.” By providing essential digital functions at society scale that can be…
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Digital Government Readiness Assessment Toolkit: Guidelines for Task Teams
The Digital Government Readiness Assessment (DGRA) Toolkit is a knowledge product developed as a global public good to help client countries leaders in digital agenda and Information and…
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World Development Report 2025 - Standards for Development
A World Bank Group Flagship Report.World Development Report 2025: Standards for Development provides the most comprehensive assessment of the global landscape of standards today and how they can be…
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Digital Progress and Trends Report 2025: Strengthening AI Foundations
The Digital Progress and Trends Report (DPTR) 2025, Strengthening AI Foundations, is the second in the Digital Progress and Trends Report series, providing a comprehensive, data-driven snapshot of…
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Further Reading for Disruption and PPPs
Watch this space. This section is based on the Report "PPP Contracts in An Age of Disruption" and will be reviewed at regular intervals. Visit the Content Outline, or Download the…
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Climate Resilience and PPPs
Many risks associated with climate change will be felt hardest by lower income countries, as their ability to prevent and respond to the impacts of climate change is limited. Against this background…
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PPP Contracts in an Age of Disruption
Disruptive technologies present extraordinary opportunities for progress, with cleaner, more efficient, and more resilient infrastructure services. These opportunities should be seized and celebrated…
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Pandemics and PPPs
The Pandemics and PPPs section is intended to address issues which may arise as PPP contracts come under stress due to the impact of a pandemic. How can unforeseen events, such as Covid-19, affect…
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Energy Transition
The energy transition is the process of shifting the global energy system away from the consumption of fossil fuels and toward low-carbon technologies in order to support international goals of…
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Vehicle to Infrastructure (V2I) Connectivity
Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS) are emerging technologies that allow road users and roadside infrastructure to share information with each other. Connectivity can be primarily…
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Renewable energy and climate pledges: Five years after the Paris Agreement
This brief updates ongoing NDC analysis by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) based on new pledges submitted in 2020. IRENA supports countries in the implementation and…
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World Energy Transitions Outlook 2022
This second edition of the Outlook outlines priority areas and actions based on available technologies that must be realised by 2030 to achieve net zero emissions by mid-century.
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Why augmented reality will increase safety and efficiency in utility sector
In the utility space, the key to Augmented Reality (AR) is providing valuable insights by making the right data available to the right person at the right time and place in a manner that is…
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Public-Private Partnerships in Puerto Rico, Key Points
This report introduces the key points for the PPPs in Puerto Rico.
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Project Profile: Puerto Rico PR-22 and PR-5 Lease
Concession agreement signed June 27, 2011 (40-year lease) The concession agreement was extended by 10 years on April 21, 2016 in exchange for an additional payment from the concessionaire to the…
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PFI and Covid-19 Guidance Note
This Guidance Note should be read alongside, and is consistent with, the Cabinet Office Procurement Policy Note - Supplier relief due to COVID-19 and Guidance notes on Model Interim Payment Terms -…
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Promoting InfraTech adoption across the Infrastructure lifecycle
A jointly-authored brief by GIF and PwC explores the state of play of Infratech implementation in the infrastructure space and the challenges and benefits new innovations bring to the sector.
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Public-Private Partnership (P3) Procurement: A Guide for Public Owners
This Public-Private Partnership Procurement Guide (Guidebook) has been developed in coordination with the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) Build America Bureau, the Federal Transit…
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Restoring Confidence in Public–Private Partnerships: Reforming Risk Allocation and Creating More Collaborative PPPs
This brief discusses the potential to improve contractual arrangements for public–private partnerships (PPPs) and suggests reforms to address issues on allocating risks and resolving disputes.
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The Regulatory Asset Base Model and the Project Finance Model: A Comparative Analysis
The International Transport Forum’s Discussion Paper Series makes economic research, commissioned or carried out at its Research Centre, available to researchers and practitioners. The aim is to…
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G20 Principles for Quality Infrastructure Investment
This document sets out a set of voluntary, non-binding principles that refect the common strategic direction and aspiration for quality infrastructure investment.
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Disruptive Technologies and the World Bank Group—Creating Opportunities—Mitigating Risks
A working paper ” prepared by the World Bank Group for the October 13, 2018 Development Committee Meeting.
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Mainstreaming the Approach to Disruptive and Transformative Technologies at the World Bank Group
This paper provides an update on the five corporate priorities identified in the earlier paper. It also details how the WBG is adopting a programmatic approach across regions and sectors and scaling…
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Managing Technological Change
This section discusses how existing PPP projects can manage technological change that may occur during the project implementation phase.1This includes the management of changes that are…
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Disruptive Technology in the Transport Sector
Recent years have seen many technological developments that will have profound impacts on the transportation sector. It is anticipated that disruptive technologies (described in Appendix A, such as…