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Lowline is a project to transform an abandoned trolley (tram) terminal on the Lower East Side of Manhattan into the world?s first underground park

A growing population in cities led to an increase in the contamination of water around Lima and Callao, Peru as most sewage was deposited into the Rimac river and Pacific ocean without any treatment

The IMF/WBG Note presents policy issues related to Islamic finance for consideration by the G20 members.

The guideline is published for local government entities involved in the preparation of feasibility studies.

The Belgian government sought to improve mobility around its port district by relieving congestion that delayed tourists and freight

Thailand?s greenhouse gas emissions grew by c. 70 percent between 2000 and 2010, leading to environmental concerns

The Mexican government sought to increase its wind energy production and reduce its reliance on fossil fuels. The Mexican government set a goal of reducing the country's greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2020

Practical solutions and models for addressing obstacles to institutional investment in infrastructure in developing countries WBG a note that considers the existing types of institutional investors and their potential for filling the infrastructure financing gap and more.

The municipality of Porto Alegre, the capital and largest city in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, was planning to build a new transit artery connecting 20 neighborhoods across the city, including dedicated lanes for the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service

This paper investigates the interaction between corruption and governance at the sector level.

The Re-assessment Study of Feasibility (RSF) is undertaken for projects which have utilised higher than expected cost or time resources, leading to concerns over the validity of the original feasibility study.

This paper will describe the challenges in integrating wind and solar generation, the lessons learned, and recommended strategies from both operating experience and integration studies.

This paper presents a case study of the Brazilian Power Sector

This guide is built for PPP practitioners within the government and its different tiers across the country, to assist them in conceptualising, structuring and implementing projects via the PPP route.

The General Guidelines for Preliminary Feasibility Studies (hereinafter General Guidelines ) have served as a basic manual for conducting all preliminary feasibility studies and include the methods and standards for doing so.

This report outlines lessons from two river basins in India, while arguing how planning for hydropower development needs to evolve from a project-based engineering approach to a more holistic one.

This toolkit is designed to help decision makers and practitioners in states and municipal governments who are concerned with urban transport development in medium-sized cities in India.

This paper examines the impact of regulation on infrastructure outcomes such as firm profits, reducing opportunistic renegotiation, productivity effects, quality of service, coverage and prices.