Author: John Martins

Financing Sustainable Infrastructure in the Americas

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has achieved considerable social and economic progress in the past three decades, but still lags behind many other parts of the world when it comes to key infrastructure areas – including sanitation, telecommunications, transportation and energy. These infrastructure gaps are now proving to be hurdles for productivity and competitiveness, […]

The Sustainable Infrastructure Finance of China Development Bank: Composition, Experience and Policy Implications

With the establishment of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the New Development Bank (NDB), infrastructure finance has received tremendous attention in recent years. However, a substantial gap exists between supply and demand of infrastructure services in the developing world that cannot be satisfied by the public sector alone. The 2007-08 Global Financial Crisis […]

National Development Banks and Sustainable Infrastructure in South Asia

National development banks (NDBs) have played an important role in South Asia’s development over the years. In the early period after South Asia’s Independence in the mid-20th century, the focus of NDBs was generally on supporting industrial development, with infrastructure development being supported by budgetary financing from governments. However, with the widening gaps in infrastructure […]