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This project was one of the early energy generation PPPs awarded in Brazil. The construction was delayed due to difficulties in obtaining environmental permits.
A state-led program to encourage more women and minorities to pursue the employment and business opportunities created by the construction of a major sporting and events stadium.
Lima’s bus rapid transit (BRT) system seeks to improve mobility and access to education, jobs and other opportunities for its low-income residents, mainly on the outskirts of the city.
A government-led initiative that uses public institutions to help overcome the challenges of providing information and communications technology in remote areas. The initiative in Malawi targeted inclusion of under-served areas in the benefits from a larger infrastructure program connecting several Eastern and Southern African countries.
The Government of Kenya has been striving to improve water access for people in low-income areas for decades. However, it faces several challenges, including the limited capacity of smallscale service providers, limited water resources, drought and sustained poverty.
An aerial cable car urban transit system serving the La Paz–El Alto metropolitan area in Bolivia; the first public transport system in La Paz designed for equitable access, and improved accessibility and connection between two socioeconomic urban areas.
A bus rapid transit (BRT) system that seeks to address the physical, communication and attitudinal barriers towards people with disabilities, women and other vulnerable groups.
The expansion of the metro network in Cairo required adherence to environmental and social safeguards.
A government initiative to connect Kenyan households to the national electricity grid.
Reform to India’s insolvency proceedings and recovery rates has driven India’s 18 rank increase on governance measures in InfraCompass.
Reform to Azerbaijan’s insolvency framework has driven the country’s 27 rank increase on regulatory frameworks in InfraCompass.
The cost and time to establish a business in Rwanda has seen considerable improvements following several reforms.
Argentina has made great strides to improve infrastructure planning and governance settings.
Sweden has undertaken reforms to the principal legislations that regulate public procurement in the country, which has resulted in Sweden’s 48 rank increase on procurement measures in InfraCompass.
Since 2017, Japan has worked towards making public procurement more sustainable, transparent, fair and in line with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
Between 2016 and 2019, private infrastructure investment in Pakistan increased by approximately USD 5.7 billion, totalling almost USD 22 billion since 2010.
Fiscal prudence and GDP growth have allowed Greece to improve government debt to sustainable levels, with credit agencies upgrading the country’s outlook.
Guinea has taken notable initiatives to improve its financial markets.
Crossrail is a railway project being constructed in London, United Kingdom, by Crossrail Ltd – a subsidiary of Transport for London (TfL). The project aims to provide a high-frequency passenger railway service underneath the City of London from east to west, connecting several major underground railway lines.
Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a digital representation of an asset(s) that can be used in infrastructure delivery from planning through to Operation, Management and Maintenance (OMM). SNCF Gares & Connexions (SNCF), a rail station developer, operator and manager in France found that as it developed its stations and services resulting in increased passengers, it required a greater technical understanding of these assets. SNCF Gares & Connexions ( SNCF) looked to BIM as a solution but found that existing BIM solutions did not adequately meet all its requirements.