The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) come with a huge price tag. Recent reports have estimated that global infrastructure will need USD 3.3 trillion of investment per year just to keep pace with projected growth. This massive sum will need to be mobilized from many sources, including from the private sector.
Preamble
Fully mindful of the challenges we face as public officials and stakeholders to the provision of public services and public goods, we acknowledge the:
Magnitude of economic and social development that will be required, including the large sum of financing and increased public sector capacity that will be needed, to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals;
Unique contribution which Public-Private Partnerships, and ‘People-first’ Public- Private Partnerships specifically, can make to the achievement of these Goals;
Institutional Design; Proper institutional design is important for providing confidence to investors and customers that the regulatory process is credible, legitimate, and predictable.
This paper outlines a number of practical initiatives to strengthen the role of development communication in infrastructure projects.
An initiative of the World Bank Group and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
The World Bank, in collaboration with the United Nation Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the US State Department and the European Commission, agreed to create a platform for Anti-corruption Authorities (ACAs) to share their experiences. This virtual platform offers the opportunity to ACAs staff, practitioners and international actors to connect and learn about each other’s experiences.
