Aug 18, 2021 · President Joe Biden has signed into law the $1 trillion infrastructure bill. The ‘monumental’ bill promises vital investment in areas from roads, bridges and trains to broadband access and clean drinking water. Here, infrastructure expert …

Sep 4, 2019 · With international tourist arrivals reaching 1.4 billion in 2018, the travel and tourism industry will continue to drive global connectivity - and as the World Economic Forum’s 2019 Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report shows, investment in infrastructure is required now if countries hope to make the most of this growing opportunity

Jan 16, 2019 · Deepening security concerns about foreign technology suppliers in critical infrastructure deployments are leading much-needed next-generation infrastructure deployments to become a long and more expensive process. For example, there has been a recent push from Western economies, such as the US, UK, Australia and New Zealand, to exclude Huawei ...

Apr 11, 2019 · Private investment is a well-trodden path for financing infrastructure development. With government funds increasingly squeezed to pay for things like healthcare, education and pension obligations, turning to the private sector to fund some infrastructure projects will be essential, now more than ever.

Nov 30, 2021 · There is a growing need to transform how infrastructure is planned, delivered and managed as urbanization, digitalization and climate change increasingly impact the world. In this environment, developing more sustainable infrastructure will require a change in how construction projects are planned, delivered and managed.

Feb 19, 2021 · The pandemic provides an opportunity to incorporate much-needed innovation in infrastructure planning, procurement and delivery. Experience has shown that the traditional lowest-cost option of major infrastructure procurement has, at times, reduced incentives for innovation and technological adoption.

Jan 22, 2025 · This white paper examines the current challenges for clean energy infrastructure and identifies solutions that industrial clusters, transport and logistics industries, and the wider clean energy value chain can jointly explore in order to accelerate its deployment.

Jan 8, 2025 · Significant investment is needed in transmission infrastructure to connect new power generation to grids, as well as to support system-wide electrification of all sectors including electric vehicles and heat pumps. At the same time, existing, often ageing, infrastructure will need to be upgraded.

Sep 15, 2023 · At the time of the crisis, I was working as a Senior Specialist in the office of the Group Chief Executive at a state-owned enterprise with the team responsible for drafting the report, assessing and outlining the extent of the impact on the infrastructure, to help quantify the damage and associated costs for repair across ports and railway infrastructure.

Aug 2, 2022 · Cases like that of the Indian government’s Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), an ambitious digital public infrastructure for e-commerce, highlight the potential of DPGs for creating open and decentralised DPI, curbing digital monopolies and supporting micro, small and medium enterprises and small traders. This is just one of the many ...