Nature-Based Solutions for Ports: An Overview of NBS Implementation in Practice - Opportunities and Challenges

This report provides an overview of the potential role that nature-based solutions (NBS) can play in ports.

Global Report on Food Crises

Conflict and insecurity, weather extremes, and economic shocks continue to drive acute food insecurity.

Overcoming Barriers to Finance for Municipalities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Municipalities in low- and middle-income countries confront financing needs that greatly exceed available flows.

Combating Heat in Cities: Operationalizing the Urban Heat Agenda at the World Bank

The publication is a product of a joint study between the World Bank’s Global Practice for Urban, Disaster Risk Management, Resilience and Land (GPURL) and the Korea Research Institute f

PPP Contracts in An Age of Disruption (Download PDF version) This report examines how disruptive technologies impact public-private partnership (PPP) infrastructure; what this means for the management of existing PPP contracts; and how better partnerships ca

Climate Toolkits for Infrastructure PPPs The Climate Toolkits for Infrastructure PPPs toolkit aim to embed a climate lens and approach into upstream PPP advisory work and structuring.

Infrastructure Governance Assessment Framework

Sustainable, affordable, and cost-efficient infrastructure services are a fundamental pillar of long-term development.

COVID-19 and Public-Private Partnerships Practice Notes This practice note is comprised of three modules: Assessing Operational PPP Portfolios, Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on PPP Pipelines and Projects in Preparation, and Stocktake of government re

Well-maintained: Economic Benefits from More Reliable & Resilient Infrastructure This World Bank report was commissioned to inform this past weekend’s G20 conversations.

Climate-Resilient Public Private Partnerships This “Toolkit for Climate Resilient Infrastructure PPP” and the accompanying report “Improving Climate Resilience in Public Private Partnerships in Jamaica” are the result of an 18-month project of

Government Guarantees for Mobilizing Private Investment in Infrastructure A guidebook for government officials in emerging markets and developing economies(EMDEs) on government guarantees for public-private-partnership (PPP) projects

Gender Equality, Infrastructure and PPPs This primer points out that best practices at the intersection of gender equality and infrastructure PPPs are still evolving.  It is a first step and hopes to spark inspiration for PPP pr

Increasing Local Content in the Procurement of Infrastructure Projects in Low Income Countries This briefing note has two aims: (1) to show policy-makers that expanding the local content of infrastructure projects is an achievable objective with real long-term benefits and (2) to provide pra

Politica de gestion de iniciativas privadas en proyectos the infraestructura Sin embargo, muchos proyectos que se originan como IP experimentan desafíos, incluyendo el desvío de recursos públicos de los planes estratégicos del gobierno, proporcionando un pobre valor por din

Policy Guidelines for Managing Unsolicited Proposals in Infrastructure Projects - Volume I, Volume II, and Volume III Many projects that originate as USPs experience challenges, including diverting public resources away from the strategic plans of the government, providing poor value for money, and leading to patr

Public procurement for innovation: Good practices and strategies The report takes stock of the strategic use of procurement for innovation in OECD Member countries and non-Member economies.

PPP Reference Guide 3.0 (Full version) This Reference Guide helps readers navigate this body of knowledge. It introduces key topics on PPP, sets out options, and directs readers to examples and references where they can learn more.

Emerging Policy Issues: Localization Barriers to Trade This paper highlights the costs to other sectors in the economy, the different impacts on intermediate versus final demand, and the declines in trade in third-party economies, despite not engaging

Connectivity, Handshake Issue # 15 Handshake's issue 15 focuses on connectivity or the physical networks that allow people to communicate as well as the ability to interact with another person or the services one receives from an in

Overview of the PPP Legal and Institutional Frameworks in the Western Balkans This publication provides a summary of the PPP legal and institutional frameworks in the seven countries of the Western Balkans Region.