Financing the Infrastructure Gap
Infrastructure – from roads and railways to ports and bridges – and economic growth go together. The best way to meet the world's growing infrastructure needs is to use multilateral development banks’ unique relationships with governments and the private sector, as several recent initiatives have shown.
LONDON – Infrastructure – from roads and railways to ports and bridges – and economic growth go together. That is why international financial institutions such as mine need to answer appeals for greater investment to help close a $1 trillion global “infrastructure gap.” Our best chance of meeting the world’s growing infrastructure needs is to use multilateral development banks’ unique relationships with governments and the private sector to coordinate our response.