Infrastructure Development

Just this year, KPMG which is a global group of financial companies came out with a list detailing the best in infrastructure development around the world. Called ‘Infrastructure 100: World Cities Edition’, the KPMG takes on a bold task on identifying the 100 best infrastructure projects from around the world that managed to meet their … Continue reading »

A few years ago, developing countries including Mexico, India and the Philippines were the leading governments that took the initiative of partnering with the private sector to come up with infrastructure and development projects in the face of budget deficits. Then developed countries followed suit with the United States and now Gulf countries including Saudi … Continue reading »

There was a time when public and private partnerships were just popular for developing countries. But this time around, it seems that the promise of PPPs has enlightened even the countries and economies previously considered developed and prosperous. Six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have intensified their dependence on this kind of arrangement … Continue reading »

Public and private partnerships (PPPs) by nature help governments walk the tight balance between budget deficits and required infrastructure developments and projects. In the absence of the right amount of funding from the public sector, the private sector gets into the picture to provide the necessary funding that will help make a project a reality … Continue reading »

As the financial pressure and growing budget deficits keep piling up, the popularity of public and private partnerships (PPPs) continues to grow. The proposal is simple and straightforward- offer private corporations and institutions with infrastructure projects, give them excellent prospects in return and treat the public sector with top services that the governments can no … Continue reading »

For the past few years sustainable development has been used as the buzzwords that drive policy changes and developments. It seems that if major economic policies must be made, then sustainable development must be touched on. This is ‘trendy’ policy investment that can be done by any government, thus most developmental projects are rushed in … Continue reading »

The Queen has officially opened the London 2012 Olympics games and Sir Paul McCartney all welcomed athletes and guests through the Beatles classic, ‘Hey Jude. All the necessary ingredients where there as well- lighting of torch (this time not just one lit up the cauldron), waving the flags of nations and the expected camaraderie among … Continue reading »

The importance of public private partnership (PPP) cannot be discounted. In fact this is now favored policy by many countries, from developed to developing countries for different kinds of government projects. Just take the case of the United States in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.  The target of PPP was during emergency management where top … Continue reading »

Public private partnerships or PPP is considered a good and reliable policy direction for many countries. There are times when governmental resources are no longer enough, and this is where private participation comes into the picture. The collaborative approach to project management and implementation is deemed better. But it doesn’t mean that it will be … Continue reading »

It seems that every government around the world has acknowledged the importance of the help provided by the private sector when it comes to planning, implementation of monitoring infrastructure developments. Dubbed as the private-public partnerships or PPP, experts and policy makers around the world are one in saying that this can help put efficiency and … Continue reading »

There’s this common thinking that sustainable development and the efforts that come with it will only put a focus on responsible use of natural resources, recycling and anything about the environment. Sustainability efforts isn’t just about the environment, protecting the resources for future generation’s use or helping less developed countries catch up with developed ones. … Continue reading »

It has been argued millions of times over that infrastructure sustain the growth of cities. With proper infrastructure sensitive to the needs of the city, it’s easier for the city and its residents to grow economically. Infrastructure doesn’t need to become high-technology at first. The best infrastructure projects are the ones that are sensitive to … Continue reading »

For a few decades now, India including the city of Mumbai has been growing economically. Thanks to new industries and investments, people now travel to earn and do business. And with economic growth comes another change that put pressure on the transportation systems- more people now have the means to invest in cars thus putting … Continue reading »

Singapore wasn’t exactly the poster boy for effective use of infrastructure development and modernization four decades ago. Just like other developing areas in many parts of the world, the city was also besieged by typical problems like overcrowding and lack of infrastructure. Fast-forward to today and the city-state of Singapore is not just a major … Continue reading »

It has been said that economic development is also a function of infrastructure improvements. The lesser the attention paid on the infrastructure requirements of a region, the lesser the chance that the region can aspire for economic growth and prosperity. This argument is no longer countered, rather national leaders and policy makers are now making … Continue reading »

The Rio+20 Summit officially starts this week in Rio De Janeiro and surely policy makers, guests and leaders will be swamped with a myriad of issues pertaining to sustainable development and making the world work not just for the present generation, but the future as well. The list of topics may be long but there’s … Continue reading »

Growing cities and its needs are top concerns for the June 2012 Rio+20 Conference. This isn’t surprising considering the position of global cities as the centers for commerce, culture, social and infrastructure development and ideas. When properly planned, cities enable its people to grow economically, intellectually and socially. Get the opposite and you get urban … Continue reading »

Sustainable development has become a mantra for policy makers wanting to balance the benefits of development and the effects that may be caused by over use of natural resources. The catchphrase unfortunately remains just a pipe dream for many that pushes experts and academics to debate and talk instead of acting on the plans to … Continue reading »

This is an excerpt from an article by Amy Gallo The higher up in the organization you get, the less likely you’ll receive constructive feedback on your ideas, performance, or strategy. No one wants to offend the boss, right? But without input, your development will suffer, you may become isolated, and you’re likely to miss … Continue reading »

If the current legislation in the United States will be used as one of the benchmarks, then yes we can say this. The latest legislative move of the Senate on infrastructure development is to push for the Innovative Infrastructure Development Act. Sponsored by Senator Fuschillo, this act will re-introduce the concept of public-private partnership into … Continue reading »