Freedom, Security, and Prosperity Don‘t Come for Free Published: 14 May 2024 President's column Infrastructure deficiencies are paralysing Germany. But as a result of the Schuldenbremse (debt brake), urgently needed investments – including to boost climate protection – are to be postponed. This is both risky and economically short-sighted. By Jan Philipp Albrecht
The AIIB Fails on Public Access to Information Published: 24 September 2021 Background Starting from October 2021, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will begin using a newly revised but still problematic environmental and social framework. This framework contains the right words and appears to tick all the boxes, but it includes too many loopholes and caveats that undermine early disclosure of environmental and social risks. By Korinna Horta and Wawa Wang
The AIIB’s Transparency Deficit Published: 12 February 2021 Analysis The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is a multilateral bank for infrastructure financing and plans to become the leading global institution for financing infrastructure projects. This article shows why the bank must intensify its efforts to inform the public in a timely manner about the environmental and social risks of its projects. By Korinna Horta and Wawa Wang
No Blank Check for Development Banks Published: 4 May 2018 The infrastructure projects needed to forestall catastrophic climate change are rarely attractive investments for the private sector or even most governments. That means development banks have a crucial role to play. By Jörg Haas and Kevin P. Gallagher
ASEAN among Great Powers Published: 2 August 2017 Competing trade agreements and planned infrastructure investments are dilemmas that ASEAN can only successfully solve if they approach the challenges as group that lets go if its consensus decision-making and allows for countries´ flexible participation. By Truong-Minh Vu
When Clean Energy Gets Dirty: Experiences from Kenya Published: 14 June 2017 The current discourse on renewable energy tends to centre on the positive reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and improved energy security, while the risks of social and environmental injustice are largely ignored. By Ikal Ange'elei
Without Direction: Nigeria’s Cross River State Superhighway Published: 14 June 2017 Three months after the ground-breaking ceremony for a superhighway in Nigeria’s Cross River State the opposition grew. People were wary of not being compensated for losing their land. By Pamela Braide
The African Renewable Energy Initiative: Promoting People-Centred Energy Solutions Published: 14 June 2017 More than 640 million Africans live without electricity. This has negative impacts not only on the population’s health and education outcomes it also limits the development the economy. By Tasneem Essop
Infrastructure investment and Public Private Partnerships Published: 15 December 2016 The scale of the infrastructure and PPP initiative championed by the G20’s national and multilateral banks could privatize gains and socialize losses on a massive scale. The G20 should take steps to ensure that this scenario does not unfold. By Nancy Alexander
How the Skopje 2014 project ate the urban commons Published: 7 November 2016 The Skopje2014 urban reconstruction project is the biggest infrastructure investment in the entire Macedonian history. This video delineates the costs and presents the corruptive machinations behind the project.
