Energy
Framework - 2013
This study provides a framework to support policymakers in selecting public instruments to promote renewable energy investment in developing countries
Study - 2013
The objective of this study was to generate a ‘map’ of the needs of investors into North-Africa for guarantees and other risk mitigation instruments, and more generally into the Continent as a whole, over the next three years. This...
Report - 2012
The Annual Report analyses the external financial commitments/investments and disbursement to infrastructure in Africa for the year 2011. The report also presents a sectoral and regional distribution of commitments/investments for the same year. In...
Report - 2012
The paper lays out basic design options for infrastructure policy. It first sketches mechanisms to asses demand. Then it sets out a hierarchy of issues starting with choice of market structure followed by conduct regulation.
Report - 2012
Commissioned by the Private Infrastructure Development Group, this study offers a review of the question, What is the evidence of the impact of Development Finance Institution support (including PIDG support) for private partnership in...
Article - 2012
The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development – also known as the Earth Summit – was held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. It was a turning point in international affairs because the international community officially subscribed to the...
Executive Summary - 2012
The 12th Assembly of Heads of State and Government adopted Declaration Assembly/AU/Decl.1 (XII) requesting that the African Union Commission (AUC) establish the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA). PIDA was officially launched...
Report - 2012
Due to the growing importance of renewable energy on global scale, a need for effective support policies arises in many countries. Experts often take so-called “good practice examples”, which promise high effectiveness and efficiency, as the basis...
Research paper - 2011
Case Study of Six Large Dams in West Africa