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Infrastructure investment needs to be substantially increased in most developing and emerging economies to meet social needs and support more rapid economic growth.

This paper investigates the emerging global landscape for public-private co-investments in infrastructure.

This document states that increased public infrastructure investment raises output in both the short and long term, particularly during periods of economic slack and when investment efficiency is high.

This report gives an overview of the main types of government and market based instruments and incentives able to boost the mobilisation of financial resources to long-term investment.

This paper takes stock of existing indicators and points to recurrent issues affecting the mobilisation of greater investment in infrastructure.

The objective of this survey-based study was to understand the main problems encountered by pension funds when investing in infrastructure.

This report provides an outline ending in 2015 of ASEAN connectivity, the report also outlines future challenges the Master Plan from 2015 on.

These guidelines define the assurance options to be undertaken for a major project, such as: Project Validation Review (PVR) for a major policy initiative, OGC Gate 0 for major programs and more.

We reviewed existing literature, conducted case studies and interviews, and found that the smart cities context has transformed traditional ITS into “smart mobility” with three major characteristics: people-centric, data-driven, and powered by bottom-up innovations.

Connections is a series of concise knowledge notes from the World Bank Group’s Transport and ICT Global Practice. Connections discusses projects, experiences, and front-line developments in Transport and ICT. This set includes notes from 2015 and 2016.