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InfraCo Asia
InfraCo Asia Development Pte Ltd (InfraCo Asia) is a commercially managed infrastructure development and investment company of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), headquartered in…
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OECD Principles for Good International Engagement in Fragile States
The OECD Principles for Good International Engagement in Fragile States describe FCS as facing development challenges “such as weak governance, limited administrative capacity, chronic…
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World Bank's Africa infrastructure diagnostic study
The World Bank's Africa infrastructure diagnostic study estimates that inefficiencies in state-owned utilities and infrastructure providers in Sub-Saharan Africa cost around $6 billion a…
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Module 02 – National Governance Framework on Climate Change
STRUCTURE OF THE MODULEModule 0.1 is structured in three steps:Step 1 - Understand the International Climate Policy Landscape is intended to provide an overview of the major international…
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Understand the International Climate Policy Landscape
UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE (UNFCCC)The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an international environmental agreement that was signed in June…
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Module 01 – Climate Policies Digest
STRUCTURE OF THE MODULEModule 0.1 is structured in three steps:Step 1 - Understand the International Climate Policy Landscape is intended to provide an overview of the major international…
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Making Public Investment More Efficient
The IMF report on infrastructure efficiency focusing on the quality of investment, instead of its volume, identified average inefficiencies in public investment processes of around 30…
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Public Private Partnerships : When and How
When are public-private partnerships (PPPs) better than conventional provision and regulated privatization? And should PPP contracts be structured and governed when this is the case? These questions…
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Les infrastructures à l’horizon 2030 (Volume 2): Électricité, eau et transports : quelles politiques?
A French version. Presents the results of a global infrastructure needs study, reviewing trends and challenges in the electricity, water, and transport sectors, and providing policy…
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Handbook on Economic Analysis of Investment Operations
The goals of this Handbook are (a) to provide staff with analytical tools that are solidly grounded in economic theory, yet practical and simple to use, and (b) to make the approach to the…
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Sample Bidding Document: Procurement of Works and Services under Output- and Performance-based Road Contracts
This Sample Bidding Document for Procurement of Works and Services under Output-and Performance-Based Road Contracts (OPRC) has been issued by the World Bank on a trial basis to provide its…
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Deterring Corruption and Improving Governance in the Urban Water Supply & Sanitation Sector: A Sourcebook
This sourcebook focuses exclusively on network providers in the urban water and sanitation sector— the “water sector” for short. Of course, this doesn’t mean that small-scale, informal providers…
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Deterring Corruption and Improving Governance in the Electricity Sector
This Sourcebook is a set of modules with a coherent framework. Part I on assessing corruption risk, and Part II on reducing corruption, are divided into modules on particular topics of interest to…
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Deterring Corruption and Improving Governance in Road Construction and Maintenance
This is a Sourcebook on road construction and maintenance. The focus is on roads—and not other forms of transportation infrastructure, such as aviation, railways, ports, waterways and shipping, or…
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Catastrophe Deferred Drawdown Option
The Development Policy Loan with a Catastrophe Deferred Drawdown Option (Cat DDO) is a contingent credit line that provides immediate liquidity to IBRD member countries in the aftermath of a natural…
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Guidelines Procurement of Goods, Works, and Non-Consulting Services
The purpose of these Guidelines is to inform those carrying out a project that is financed in whole or in part by a loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), a…
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Value-for-Money Analysis- Practices and Challenges
A World Bank report on Value for Money analysis presents evidence on practices from several countries, and on trends regarding the scope of value for money analysis and the relative…
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Environmental and Social Framework: Setting Environmental and Social Standards for Investment Project Financing
The World Bank Environmental and Social Framework sets out the World Bank’s commitment to sustainable development, through a Bank Policy and a set of Environmental and Social Standards that are…
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City Creditworthiness Self-Assessment & Planning Toolkit
World Bank toolkit on city creditworthiness. It can be used to assess cities' preparedness for commercial-based transactions.
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World Development Report 2017: Governance and the Law
Why are carefully designed, sensible policies too often not adopted or implemented? When they are, why do they often fail to generate development outcomes such as security, growth, and equity? And…
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Roads to Nowhere: How corruption in public investment hurts growth
Drawing on cross-country analysis, argues that corruption reduces growth, by increasing public investment while reducing its productivity—increasing investment expenditure, but with lower expenditure…
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Climate Change and Infrastructure Impacts: Comparing the Impact on Roads in Ten Countries through 2100
An academic study on Climate Change and Infrastructure Impacts on roads shows how pro-active adaptation measures result in lower fiscal costs and higher connectivity rates as early as 2025.
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Delivering the PPP Promise: A Review of PPP Issues and Activity
Section 2 succinctly describes the advantages and disadvantages of using PPPs.
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Investment Climate Brief
For the past three decades, the private sector has been at the forefront of leading economic growth and poverty reduction around the world. Integration with global markets and enhanced private sector…
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The Power of Public Investment Management : Transforming Resources into Assets for Growth
This publication consists of seven chapters: building a system for public investment management; a unified framework for public investment management; country experiences of public investment…