Infrastructure monitor 2022: Global trends in private investment in infrastructure

by Global Infrastructure Hub

The report, which was published in July 2022, is available at:

https://www.gihub.org/news/new-report-tumbling-investment-in-middle-and-low-income-countries-stagnation-and-rising-dry-powder/

Excerpt:

After remaining resilient overall through the initial shock of the pandemic in 2020, private investment in infrastructure projects in primary markets recovered in 2021 to just 0.3 percent below its 2019 level. This recovery was largely the result of growth in the regions hardest hit during the pandemic — Oceania, Latin America, and Asia — which all saw investment bounce back following steep regional declines in 2020.

However, the longer-term story of private investment in infrastructure is one of stagnation. Private investment in infrastructure projects in primary markets has been stagnant for eight years running, a