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The Global Infrastructure Hub (GI Hub) is the global knowledge platform of the World Bank's Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF)

The GI Hub was initially created in 2014 by the Group of Twenty (G20) to advance its infrastructure agenda. In April 2024, the GI Hub joined the World Bank as an associated Global Knowledge Trust Fund of the PPIAF. This integration was made possible through a funding contribution from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This new partnership positions the GI Hub as the global knowledge and data platform of PPIAF.

The GI Hub’s focus areas are: turning global data into actionable insights, building tools to boost capacity, and creating knowledge that drives collaboration between the public and private sectors to improve infrastructure outcomes and bridge the infrastructure investment gap.

The GI Hub’s mission unfolds on two fronts: At the national level, it collaborates closely with PPIAF’s clients and donors to provide the knowledge resources needed to deliver tangible on-the-ground impact in developing countries. While at the global level, its connection with the G20 and extensive network of private sector partners enables it to build on and extend the scope and impact of its knowledge resources worldwide.

Through its broad connections encompassing the public and private sectors across the globe, the GI Hub strives to advance its knowledge initiatives to support policymakers, investors, and practitioners in scaling up sustainable, inclusive, and resilient infrastructure.

What we do

Produce data insights

We collate and analyse global data at scale, partnering across the public and private sector where appropriate to form robustly evidenced and actionable insights.

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Share knowledge

We share our resources and those of our partners to promote best practice and innovation. Our resources are freely accessible on our website.

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Facilitate connection

Collaboration is at our core. We create connection across the public and private sectors, academia, development banks, and international organisations.

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Advocate and lead

We provide thought leadership to the infrastructure community and advocate for initiatives and reforms that align with G20 infrastructure agenda priorities.

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Our connection with the G20

The GI Hub was created in 2014 by the Group of Twenty (G20) to advance its infrastructure agenda.

The G20 is the premier forum for international economic cooperation, bringing together the leaders of 19 countries from every continent (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Russia, Türkiye, the UK, and the United States), and two regional bodies: the African Union and the European Union.

Collectively, G20 members represent around 85% of the world’s economic output, more than 75% of international trade, and two-thirds of global population. The G20 has annually rotating presidencies and representatives from G20 countries meet throughout the year culminating in an annual Summit between the Heads of State or government of the member countries to discuss financial and socioeconomic issues.

In April 2024, the GI Hub became an associated Global Knowledge Trust Fund of the Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) with a funding contribution from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This was following a review by the G20 and the GI Hub Board of Directors that affirmed the GI Hub’s value and recommended it be embedded in the international system to facilitate its delivery of multilateral, multi-year initiatives without a need to periodically renew its G20 mandate.

The GI Hub continues to participate in relevant G20 forums and discussions related to infrastructure and delivers work contributing to the G20 infrastructure agenda.

Learn more about the G20 Presidency and our contributions.

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The GI Hub was created in 2014 by the Group of Twenty (G20) to advance its infrastructure agenda.

The G20 is the premier forum for international economic cooperation, bringing together the leaders of 19 countries from every continent (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Russia, Türkiye, the UK, and the United States), and two regional bodies: the African Union and the European Union.

Collectively, G20 members represent around 85% of the world’s economic output, more than 75% of international trade, and two-thirds of global population. The G20 has annually rotating presidencies and representatives from G20 countries meet throughout the year culminating in an annual Summit between the Heads of State or government of the member countries to discuss financial and socioeconomic issues.

In April 2024, the GI Hub became an associated Global Knowledge Trust Fund of the Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) with a funding contribution from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This was following a review by the G20 and the GI Hub Board of Directors that affirmed the GI Hub’s value and recommended it be embedded in the international system to facilitate its delivery of multilateral, multi-year initiatives without a need to periodically renew its G20 mandate.

The GI Hub continues to participate in relevant G20 forums and discussions related to infrastructure and delivers work contributing to the G20 infrastructure agenda.

Learn more about the G20 Presidency and our contributions.

Funders

The GI Hub has received or currently receives funding on a voluntary basis from the following G20 member and non-member countries.

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Our story

Recognizing the role of infrastructure in growth, job creation, and productivity, the G20 established the GI Hub in 2014 as a knowledge-sharing hub with a mandate to work between governments, the private sector, development banks, and other international organizations to help implement the G20’s infrastructure agenda.

The GI Hub was established in Sydney, Australia, as a global entity, independent of commercial objectives and intent on the mission of supporting the G20 to drive an ambitious agenda on sustainable, resilient, and inclusive infrastructure through action-oriented programs. The GI Hub received funding support from G20 member and non-member countries, including Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Indonesia, Mexico, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and Northern Ireland.

In its first four-year mandate, the GI Hub completed major initiatives that quantified the global infrastructure financing gap, defined the infrastructure enabling environments of countries worldwide and recommended improvements, and published landmark guides to best practice in several areas of infrastructure development. In 2018, the G20 extended the GI Hub’s mandate, and in 2019 the GI Hub opened its second office in Toronto, Canada. In 2021, the G20 again extended the GI Hub's mandate.

In 2023, following a review by the G20 Infrastructure Working Group and the GI Hub Board of Directors that affirmed the GI Hub’s value, it was recommended that it be embedded in the international system to facilitate its delivery of multilateral, multi-year initiatives without a need to periodically renew its G20 mandate.

In April 2024, the GI Hub subsequently became an associated Global Knowledge Trust Fund of the Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) with a funding contribution from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This new partnership positions the GI Hub as the global knowledge and data platform of PPIAF, which is supported by donors and administered by the World Bank.

This evolution aims to enhance and expand the reach and effectiveness of both organizations' existing knowledge resources with PPIAF's extensive in-country experience, client, and donor network, alongside the broader expertise of the World Bank. The integration will enable further development of GI Hub suite of data insights and tools to better inform both global forums such as the G20 but also the World Bank operations. The integration will also leverage the global partnerships and communication platforms developed by the GI Hub to accelerate the diffusion of best practices and innovations deployed by the World Bank.

The GI Hub remains closely involved at the political and technical levels with the G20's Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, the Finance Deputies, and the Infrastructure Working Group. In this capacity, the GI Hub continues to support G20 Presidencies’ infrastructure initiatives and provide the G20 with continuous data, inputs, advice, and monitoring of its priorities and initiatives – like the Roadmap to Infrastructure as an Asset Class and the G20 Quality Infrastructure Investment (QII) Principles.

Additionally, its G20 affiliation and private partner network will facilitate the dissemination of knowledge to a wider audience, contributing to the significant change required to enhance the enabling environment for private investment and foster quality infrastructure development in developing countries.

G20 documents establishing the GI Hub

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