Infrastructure & Energy

Many developing countries are reliant on fuel imports for their energy supply. This is often the case even for countries that have substantial upstream energy reserves. There are countries with large oil reserves that export crude oil while importing refined oil products, because they have no refining capacity of their own. Additionally, many of these […]

The daily grind of street vendors comes with a host of obvious business challenges: sourcing and preparing goods to sell; attracting a steady stream of customers; and generating enough take-home pay to survive. It’s a hustle, and one that these roadside entrepreneurs know well. But the hustle only goes so far. Conducting their livelihoods in […]

While the Laos economy has recently experienced rapid growth, with poverty falling substantially, there is significant room for improvement in the country’s current state of infrastructure quality, particularly in transport, power, and water & sanitation. This summary will cover these sectors as well as a more general macroeconomic and infrastructure overview.

In the less developed regions (Daerah Tertinggal, or ‘LDRs’) of Indonesia the quality of infrastructure services can be well below national standards. This includes limited access to water, sanitation, and electricity, underdeveloped ports, and unsuitable waste management. Various common challenges to improved service delivery include fragmented institutional structures, poor cost recovery, limited human resources, lack […]

This summary paper provides an overview of the global water security and related financing challenge. It forms the first part of a four-part series of summary papers based on research, commissioned through ICED, on innovative financing approaches to mobilise public and private financing for freshwater management.

This summary paper looks at some of the most promising technological innovations in water resource management, to provide context for explanations of anticipated financial flows. It forms the second part of a four-part series of summary papers based on research, commissioned through ICED, on innovative financing approaches to mobilise public and private financing for freshwater […]

This summary paper looks at various funding innovations in water resource management. It forms the third part of a four-part series of summary papers based on research, commissioned through ICED, on innovative financing approaches to mobilise public and private financing for freshwater management.

This summary paper looks at financially sustainable interventions in water resource management. It forms the final part of a four-part series of summary papers based on research, commissioned through the ICED Facility, on innovative financing approaches to mobilise public and private financing for freshwater management.

(Note: A report on from the validation of findings workshop from this study can be viewed here.) Background Limited Recognition of Workplace Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) for Informal Labourers Past WASH research typically focuses on residents’ access, including yard taps or public toilets, but these studies usually overlook the vital need for WASH in […]

For many years it has been a given that countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have needed more power generation capacity. A key focus for donors and International Financial Institutions (IFIs) has been to promote interventions designed to create an enabling environment in which the required investments in generation are possible. In many cases this has […]