by SIF Comm Team | Oct 20, 2017 | MDBs & Infra News
Multi-billion-dollar projects are fuelling stronger private sector investment in infrastructure projects in developing countries, which increased by 24 per cent from 2016 levels, reflecting USD 36.7 billion across 132 projects, says a new World Bank Group report....
by SIF Comm Team | Oct 16, 2017 | MDBs & Infra News
The Infrastructure Consortium for Africa’s (ICA) latest annual report, Infrastructure Financing Trends in Africa 2016, shows that commitments to Africa’s infrastructure development totalled USD 62.5 billion in 2016, declining from USD 78.9 billion in 2015. The...
by SIF Comm Team | Oct 13, 2017 | MDBs & Infra News
Asian Development Bank (ADB) Vice-President Wencai Zhang met with New Development Bank (NDB) Vice President and Chief Operations Officer Xian Zhu on the sidelines of the World Bank-International Monetary Fund Annual Meetings to discuss progress on projects for...
by SIF Comm Team | Sep 29, 2017 | MDBs & Infra News
Urgent investment into infrastructure more resilient to climate change is needed to allow Caribbean island nations to achieve their clean energy, sustainable development plans, a high-level meeting of representatives from Caribbean governments, development partners...
by SIF Comm Team | Sep 29, 2017 | MDBs & Infra News
The Asian Development Bank (AsDB) and the German development bank KfW have scaled up their existing cofinancing partnership with an additional USD 2 billion over the next 3 years until 2020 to continue promoting development in the Asia and Pacific region. The...
by SIF Comm Team | Sep 29, 2017 | MDBs & Infra News
The World Bank (WB) and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will provide funding to improve flood management in select drainage areas in Metro Manila. Flood events, particularly during the typhoon season from June to October, are a recurring problem in...
