Infrastructure Governance

Public infrastructure investment is essential to support economic growth and will play a key role in the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.

But with resources tight, governments need to spend taxpayer money wisely on the right projects. Done right, public investment to stimulate weak aggregate demand can help boost more inclusive growth, reduce inequalities, and create economic opportunities for all. Investment in health systems, digital and environmentally-conscious infrastructure can improve people’s lives, connect markets, and improve the resilience of countries to climate change and future pandemics. Countries will also need to increase public investment to attain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), while advanced economies need to tackle aging infrastructure like roads bridges, and health care systems. For this, countries need good infrastructure governance—strong institutions and frameworks to plan, allocate and implement quality public infrastructure. In other words, countries need to spend better and smarter to get the most bang for the buck.

The regional network aims at enabling public investment practitioners to share knowledge, experience, methodologies, and challenges to help strengthen the infrastructure governance and to catalyze economic growth both in their home countries and within their region.