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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. Currently, most investment in municipal infrastructure is financed directly from…

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Mini Grids for Half a Billion People: Market Outlook and Handbook for Decision Makers

Approximately 1.2 billion people will need to gain access to electricity to achieve universal access by 2030. The only way to achieve this is through a combination of the main grid extension, mini…

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PPPLRC 2018 Report

In 2018, the site continued to get high traffic, including 1,400,736 views over 596,584 unique visitors. Close to 210,000 visitors had an “interaction” with the site, such as downloading a document,…

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A Governance Framework for Climate-Relevant Public Investment Management

This report explains why strengthening the governance around public investment management is central to cutting inefficiencies and unblocking the climate finance needed to narrow Asia and the Pacific…

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Catalyzing Finance and Policy Solutions

The Asia–Pacific Climate Report is a knowledge initiative from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to support Asia and the Pacific in combating climate change through policy reforms

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A Comparative Study on the Role of Public–Private Partnerships and Green Investment Banks in Boosting Low-Carbon Investments

Following the successful climate agreement in Paris, global attention shifted quickly tohow countries will achieve their nationally determined contributions. To achieve the goals,governments need to…

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State and Trends in Climate Adaptation Finance 2024

Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) report reviews overs global status and trends of adaptation finance and provides a deeper analysis of Africa at a regional level, given the heightened adaptation…

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Escaping the fragility trap

Escaping the Fragility Trap. Commission on State Fragility, Growth and Development. London: International Growth Centre. LSE-Oxford. 2018. 

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Business Environment Reforms in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations: What Works and Why?

Economies that are suffering from fragility, conflict and violence (three distinct yet interconnected elements of FCS) confront intractable poverty, and faltering growth – missing out on development…

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Challenges of Public Investment Management in Fragile and Conflict-affected States

Fragile and Conflict-Affected States (FCS) are often characterized by poor infrastructure and significant infrastructure gaps. 

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Legal and Regulatory Reform Toolkit for High-Integrity Carbon Markets

This toolkit offers countries a practical pathway to develop or strengthen their legal and regulatory frameworks for high-integrity carbon credit transactions, particularly under Articles 6.2 and 6.4…

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Public Private Partnerships - Construction, Protection, and Rehabilitation of Critical Infrastructure

This book provides examples and case studies demonstrating the application of public-private partnerships in the US, Europe, and Asia, discusses the potential for private sector investment in…

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Performance-Based Contracts (PBC) for Improving Utilities Efficiency: Experiences and Perspectives

Performance-Based Contracts (PBC) for Improving Utilities Efficiency: Experiences and Perspectives is a compendium of articles written by members of the PBC taskforce. 

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World Development Report 2026: The Promise of Artificial Intelligence

In a time when development progress has dipped to its weakest pace in 75 years, artificial intelligence (AI) offers developing economies a rare path to greater prosperity. World Development Report…

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World Development Report 2021 : Data for Better Lives

World Development Report 2021: Data for Better Lives explores the tremendous potential of the changing data landscape to improve the lives of poor people, while also acknowledging its potential to…

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Infrastructure Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scorecard

This paper provides a scorecard on infrastructure development in Sub-Saharan Africa over the past decades along four sectors (telecommunications, electric power, transportation, and water and…

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Well Spent: How Strong Infrastructure Governance Can End Waste in Public Investment

Based on the Fund’s work, including Public Investment Management Assessments (PIMAs) in over 60 countries, the book explores how better governance can lead to quality infrastructure outcomes. It…

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Public-Private Partnerships for Investment and Delivery of Affordable Housing in Emerging Market Economies

Context: The Evolving Role of the Public Sector in Housing MarketsThis study assist World Bank task teams, housing practitioners andpolicy makers in guiding the public-private provision of affordable…

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Handbook on Public Private Partnerships in Transportation

This book discusses the role of public-private partnerships in global transportation infrastructure

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Public-private partnerships financed by the European Investment Bank from 1990 to 2024

This report is part of EPEC’s work on monitoring developments on the PPP market. It is intended to provide an overview of the role played by the EIB in financing PPP projects inside and outside…

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Women, Business and the Law 2026: Benchmarking Laws for Jobs and Inclusive Growth

Women, Business and the Law 2026 is the 11th in a series of annual studies measuring the laws and policies that affect women’s economic opportunity in 190 economies.

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Infrastructure Foundations: From Current Assets to Future Growth

Infrastructure lies at the heart of development. Reliable energy systems, efficient transport networks, and robust digital connectivity are essential for economic growth, job creation, social…

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How to Prepare and Execute Performance Based Contracts for Road Asset Management - For Advanced Users

Robust road transport systems are indispensable for driving both economic growth and social inclusion. Yet, several critical challenges often impede the full realization of road investments’…

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Transit-Oriented Development Implementation Resources and Tools

This toolkit provides a compendium of resources for Transit-Oriented Development stakeholders to navigate each phase of the TOD process: Assessing, Enabling, Planning and Design, Financing, and…