Infrastructure is the foundation of modern economies. A robust, efficient, and well-maintained infrastructure system is critical to support the nation’s economy, improve quality of life, and strengthen global competitiveness. The serious infrastructure deficit in the U.S. is well-known. State and local governments are struggling to finance the needed expansion, upgrades, and repairs. Meeting the infrastructure financing challenge has emerged as one of the most urgent issues facing the country. Despite the growing number of innovations in state and local infrastructure financing, current information on innovative infrastructure financing is scattered and time-consuming to find. Until now, there was no detailed, comprehensive assessment of current knowledge and practice in innovative infrastructure financing. This book fills that gap and offers policy suggestions for state and local government managers who are considering the adoption and implementation of innovative infrastructure financing. It provides detailed case studies and rich examples that describe innovative approaches to fund state and local infrastructure development. These experiences and lessons in applying these innovations will be particularly useful for state and local government practitioners, professors, applied policy analysts, and students in public administration, policy, and public finance.

Indonesia needs significant additional infrastructure investment to sustain its economic growth. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has further limited the fiscal space of the government. This report proposes a new method to increase infrastructure investment based on the concept of value capture. The report studies how Indonesia's existing policies and regulations can be used to build a value capture framework that ensures the maximization of the social, economic, and environmental value of infrastructure investments. The framework focuses on strategies to deliver infrastructure projects that create greater value and, at the same time, generate funding for up-front investment.

A guide to innovative sources of revenues and finance to increase investment opportunities in infrastructure and conserve public resources.

Infrastructure and its effects on economic growth, social welfare, and sustainability receive a great deal of attention today. There is widespread agreement that infrastructure is a key dimension of global development and that its impact reaches deep into the broader economy with important and multifaceted implications for social progress. At the same time, infrastructure finance is among the most complex and challenging areas in the global financial architecture. Ingo Walter, Professor Emeritus of Finance, Corporate Governance and Ethics at the Stern School of Business, New York University, and his team of experts tackle the issue by focussing on key findings backed by serious theoretical and empirical research. The result is a set of viable guideposts for researchers, policy-makers, students and anybody interested in the varied challenges of the contemporary economy.

"Gives a broad view of trends and techniques in infrastructure financing around the world today. The title considers a wide range of projets including transport, water systems, power and toll road privatisation. Themes include the rising need for infrastructure investment, the quality of country infrastructure, government budget limitations and benefits and risks of investment." - publisher's website.

Vander Ploeg | June 9, 2011 • Size of infrastructure "deficit" • Drivers of the challenge • Costs of failing to act • Five options for systemic fiscal reform • Innovation - What? - Why? - Scope? • Traditional decision-making model • Innovative decision-making model • Key Point: Diversity in tools and techniques is essential • Innovation: PPP • Innovation: Tax Tool Comparisons • Innovation: The "Pe. [...] Vander Ploeg | June 9, 2011 The City of Edmonton has been very proactive in measuring its infrastructure needs and assessing the funding for new assets and the renewal and rehabilitation of existing assets. [...] Vander Ploeg | June 9, 2011 The time for renewing Canada's infrastructure has arrived, and the great majority of this infrastructure is the responsibility of local governments. [...] The scope for innovation is bounded by what the Canada West Foundation calls: The "Triple-Two-Rule" The "Triple-Two-Rule" asserts: • There are only two ways to FINANCE Infrastructure • There are only two ways to FUND the Financing • There are only two ways to DELIVER Infrastructure The Scope of Innovation New Tools for New Times | Casey G. [...] Several unique features, however, would increase support: • Piggy-back the Penny Tax off the federal GST • Impose the tax across the broader city-regions • Cap the tax rate at 1% by provincial legislation • Implement the tax only upon voter approval via referendum • Earmark all tax revenues for specific infrastructure projects • Submit a list of projects to voters at the time of the referendum • T.

This book examines advanced approaches to finance infrastructure projects. In doing so, it synthesizes developments and generates new understandings in the field. Infrastructure financing has moved beyond traditional government funding, multilateral assistance, and project finance, to a diverse set of innovative approaches, increasing participation from private, institutional, commercial, and philanthropic investors. Chapters in the book discuss various infrastructure finance themes including the dynamism of project finance, diversification of multilateral assistance into various concessional and guarantee instruments, the surge of green and other thematic bonds, the role of land value capture, funded and unfunded risk mitigation options, growth of private institutional markets, and asset recycling. Given that developments in infrastructure finance are followed by many financial institutions, private developers, public sector policymakers, consulting firms and academic institutions, a researched discussion on the subject will help readers reflect on, compare and contrast the emerging trends in relation to their practice.