Session 3 | Infrastructure under pressure: reforming public investment to deliver resilient infrastructure pipelines
Nov 5, 2026 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Description
Many countries face challenges delivering infrastructure that responds to the needs of growing populations and emerging risks while operating within tight fiscal constraints. This requires countries to maximise achieving value for money, so investment programmes are resilient to shock events, such as fiscal shocks.
In response, several countries have been strengthening how they plan, prioritise, fund, monitor and report on public investments. This involves centres of government adopting more strategic oversight of public investment decisions across government, and putting in place more consistent, rigorous rules for how ministries select and manage infrastructure.
This session will illustrate case studies from several countries where reforms have recently been made, with lessons also from countries with longer-standing, high maturity public investment settings.
