Infrastructure

The World Bank Group helps developing countries build smart infrastructure that supports inclusive and sustainable growth, expands markets, creates job opportunities, promotes competition, and contributes to a cleaner future. Infrastructure improves lives by connecting people to opportunity.

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REPORT

Understanding and Mitigating the Fiscal Risks of Infrastructure

Quantifying the magnitude and prevalence of fiscal risks from electricity and transport infrastructure.
REPORT

Digital Africa: Technological Transformation for Jobs

More than 22 million Africans join the workforce each year. Digital technologies, from computers to apps to machine learning, offer new opportunities for people, businesses, and jobs.
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Financing Energy Transitions in the Power Sector

The World Bank framework maps out steps to support developing countries to scale up affordable, secure, and reliable clean energy and phase down coal-fired electricity generation.

Infrastructure At-A-Glance

Globally, 840 million people live more than 2 kilometers from all-weather roads, 1 billion people lack electricity, and 4 billion people lack Internet access. Access to basic infrastructure services is critical for creating economic opportunities for the poor.

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Addressing the Rising Demand for Infrastructure

The World Bank Group helps developing countries address their unique infrastructure needs by working with the public and private sectors, providing financing directly and mobilizing it from a range of partners.

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Guangzhe Chen

Vice President for Infrastructure, The World Bank

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Conference

Transforming Transportation 2023: Accelerating Toward Green & Inclusive Mobility

Hosted jointly by the World Bank and the World Resources Institute, the flagship conference highlights key solutions for reshaping the future of mobility and development.
Infra4Dev blog series

#Infra4Dev is a blog series that showcases recent World Bank economic research to explore how Infrastructure is critical for development.
Key Resources on the Energy Transition

#ReThinkingEnergy

Transitioning to clean, renewable energy, while boosting energy efficiency and gradually retiring fossil fuels is critical to mitigating climate change, building resilience to volatile energy prices, and lowering energy ...
#MovingtoZero

The reports and events here aim to capture the latest thinking on transport decarbonization and showcase some of the most innovative solutions for #MovingtoZero.