Infrastructure

Is Data the New Oil? Examining the Promise of Data for Development

The promise of measuring everything and everyone with the help of digital technologies has triggered the interest of the development community as well as governments across the Global South. But in countries like Kenya, the excessive collection or personal data creates risks of monetary and political exploitation, not to mention compounding existing discrimination, without improving the delivery of aid and public services.

By Nanjala Nyabola

Infrastructure is Everywhere

Video

How are private investors financing infrastructure—especially institutional investors, such as pension funds, which hold over $100 trillion? And can these investors help achieve public goods, such as no carbon economies? An introduction to global infrastructure projects

By Gustav Theile

Regional Infrastructure Investment Plans: Potential for Advancing Sustainable Development?

In-Depth Analysis

The Investment Plan for Europe, the Program for Infrastructure Development in Africa, and the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative all seek to promote infrastructure investment - but involve significant risks regarding environmental sustainability, social impacts, and unfavorable technological lock-ins for the next decades.

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The Other Infrastructure Gap: Sustainability

Publication

Human Rights and Environmental Perspectives

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Staff

Christin Schweisgut

Program Director, Infrastructure and Development