China’s Belt & Road (B&R) and the world: Competing forms of globalization
IFRI (Institut Français des Relations Internationales) The Ifri report analyses the approach developed by China since the launch of the Belt and Road in 2013.…
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ICC COMMISSION REPORT Construction Industry Arbitrations Recommended Tools and Techniques for Effective Management 2019 Update
In 2016, the ICC Commission’s Steering Committee gave a narrow mandate for the update of the report. The purpose of the update was twofold: 1)…
Baker McKenzie A changing world: New trends in emerging market infrastructure finance
How infrastructure finance is changing? Status quo Urgent need for infrastructure investment in emerging markets Cf. McKinsey Global Institute: the world must invest 3.8% of…
Examining World Bank Lending to China: Graduation or Modulation?
Scott Moris and Gailyn Portelance from the Center of Global Development U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he will nominate David Malpass to be the next president of the…
Global Infrastructure Company Classification Standard (GICCS)
EDHEC Infra Purpose The Global Infrastructure Company Classification Standard was created by EDHECinfra to provide investors with a frame of reference to approach the infrastructure…
Disaster and Climate Change Risk Assessment Methodology for Projects of the Inter-American Development Bank
What are we talking about? The Disaster and Climate Change Risk Assessment Methodology has been developed and piloted by the Inter-American Development Bank ( IDB)…
Connective Financing: Chinese Infrastructure Projects and the Diffusion of Economic Activity in Developing Countries
Bluhm, Richard; Dreher, Axel; Fuchs, Andreas; Parks, Bradley; Strange, Austin; Tierney, Michael Overall review This article analyses the impact of development projects on the geographic…
Connectivity along overland corridors of the Belt and Road Initiative
Kunaka, Charles; Liu, Xingjian; Derudder, Ben Overall review This article published by the World Bank examines under which conditions the new Belt and Road Initiative…
Innovation Day 2018 at FNTP (Paris), Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Abstract The Innovation Day 2018 at FNTP mainly focused on two aspects: The first part questioned the role and the added value of innovation and…
World Bank Group: Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) H1 2018
Main Findings The World Bank Group report on Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) investment of H1 2018 (first half of the year) shows the main…