Infrastructure Financing Trends : What are the Current Trends in Emerging Market Infrastructure Spending?
Emerging markets need twice the infrastructure investment they now receive. East Asia has the greatest needs, while Africa’s requirements are large in comparison to its economic size; power generation accounts for more than half of needed investmen...
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| Language: | English |
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International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/193791468197952709/Infrastructure-financing-trends-what-are-the-current-trends-in-emerging-market-infrastructure-spending http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30333 |
| Summary: | Emerging markets need twice the
infrastructure investment they now receive. East Asia has
the greatest needs, while Africa’s requirements are large in
comparison to its economic size; power generation accounts
for more than half of needed investment. There is great
potential for increasing participation by institutional
investors in developing-country infrastructure: insurance
companies, asset managers, pension funds, and sovereign
wealth funds are increasingly aware of the manifold benefits
that infrastructure investments offer. |
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