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Forum Provides Roadmap to Maximize Private Investment in Meeting Infrastructure Funding Needs

• World Economic Forum report provides framework to jumpstart private investment in infrastructure
• Key trends policy-makers must anticipate include increasing geographic and sectoral specialization of infrastructure funds, increased importance of capital markets and decreased role for commercial banks
• Case studies highlight key lessons from private infrastructure transactions from around the globe
• Download the report on the World Economic Forum's website

Geneva, Switzerland, 25 August 2010 – How can governments meet ballooning infrastructure investment needs while still cutting costs following the economic crisis? A major part of the solution lies in increasing private sector investment to meet the funding gap, finds a World Economic Forum report released today. Of the estimated US$ 3 trillion needed per annum to meet global infrastructure investment needs, only US$ 1 trillion currently comes from private sources. A third of total funding needs is in developing countries, where private infrastructure finance is less developed.