Urban Infrastructure

Urbanisation is inevitable. Globally, cities account for 82 per cent of the global GDP, and 3 per cent of the land mass but 76 per cent of carbon dioxide emissions. Economies such as the US […]

The urban infrastructure sector plays a crucial role in sustaining high economic growth rates. While updated data on the share of urban areas in GDP for the Indian economy is not available, industry experts peg […]

Public-private partnership (PPP), as a mode of project implementation, has been prevalent for several years in the development and delivery of public goods and urban infrastructure. Since the 2000s, the scope of private sector participation […]

India needs to invest around Rs 50 trillion over the next five years (2018-22) to build infrastructure. The funds are expected to be spent across key sectors such as power, highways, railways, urban infrastructure, ports […]

The Indian healthcare sector has so far shown a low level of acceptance for public-private partnerships (PPPs). However, with the launch of the ambitious Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (PMJAY) – the […]

There is an urgent need to develop infrastructure in the South Asian region. As per the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Asia-Pacific region currently faces an infrastructure gap of $330 billion and South Asia accounts […]

Increasing urbanisation in the country has put tremendous pressure on civic infrastructure. The rate of increase in the urban population over the past two decades is almost double that of the overall population. The provision […]

Most of the developing economies in the South Asian region are grappling with the challenge of providing housing to all their citizens. Given the rapid urbanisation in the region, affordable housing is an issue which […]

Over the past few years, the Asia-Pacific region has witnessed significant improvements in public transportation, telecommunications, and water supply and sewerage infrastructure service delivery. However, there is still a major infrastructure backlog in developing countries […]

The country’s rapidly degrading environmental conditions have become a major cause for concern for policymakers. From a financing point of view, this poses obvious challenges for the government since the environment, as a public good, […]