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The Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) is one of several infrastructure megaprojects underway in India, intended to boost industrial modernisation and generate manufacturing employment for India’s young, largely unskilled workforce. Field research in DMIC investment sites in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh shows that its implementation is highly uneven across States and regions. The research, along with the literature, suggests that regional ind
There is a need for a threadbare analysis of smart city model in the Indian context to build urban infrastructure.
Upgrading partnerships with resource-rich nations like Turkmenistan, DRC, and Zambia strengthens China's grip on energy supplies and critical minerals
Instead of seeing it as just another step forward for telecommunications, states must also view 5G’s strategic technology as critical national infra
The government needs to undertake more targeted policies to ensure that the inflow of investments is adequate to finance infrastructure development.
An efficient and low-cost transport system is a prerequisite for African countries to become competitive in the global market.
In the midst of growing political instability, emerging complexities in the peace process, and significant aid cuts, the coronavirus outbreak is intensifying the struggle on all fronts in Afghanistan.
The global effort to meet the targets set by the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the Sustainable Development Goals will depend crucially on reforming the structure of development finance. Mobilising private capital will be an essential part of this effort, and existing development finance institutions, led by the complex of multilateral development banks (MDBs), will have to re-orient their strategies and functioning to prioritise this mobi
Considering India's immense infrastructural needs, the AIIB has opened a fresh window for financing in which there will hopefully be fewer conditions and hassles. All other less developing countries will also be able to access loans easily.
As extreme events are becoming the ‘new normal’ in an increasingly climate-constrained world, India’s critical infrastructure must be built to withstand, respond to, and recover rapidly from the disruptions they cause
The slow pace of rail track construction in India is a total contrast to the development across the border. China has already built a 1142 km-long electrified railway line from Golmud to Lhasa. Now it has plans to extend it to Shigatze and Yatung, reaching almost Nathu La pass.
The completion of infrastructure projects in the Kashmir Valley will boost economic development, social integration, and security advantage
Increased spending on infrastructure boost is expected to boost employment generation and increase aggregate demand, thereby, accelerating growth
For India, multilateral cooperation for facilitating investment in infrastructure is the need of the hour.
Given the diversity of stakeholders and technical requirements, there is a need for flexible standards to achieve scale and drive the adoption of digi
The G20 can steward inclusive approaches to digital transformation, directing international development cooperation, and strengthening multilateralism
With a robust regulatory framework and tapping further into capital markets, InvITs are looking more and more promising to become the ideal route for
AIIB is designed to please and be pleasing. In its dealings with established MDBs, it comes to praise, not to bury. It is in this respect an effective
Sino-Indian relations will feature both competition and cooperation. How we fare depends on the policy choices we make and the skill with which we employ them.
Policy influencers and diplomats will have to find a way to market private investments in an appealing manner for all stakeholders involved.
Looking beyond the ‘tech’ aspects of digital public infrastructure to how it interacts with users as individuals, as collectives, and in societies
As the frequency of climate-related disasters rise, there is a greater need for a compounded cooperative approach within the global community
The Estonian experience has showed us that DPI and DPG are both viable and valuable tools for the process of administrative and political modernisatio
India's unified payment interface (UPI) is an example of DPI whose design, financing, and operation are based on the principles of interoperability, m
Financing of infrastructure in India will remain a big problem despite the fact that the government has issued infrastructure bonds with tax incentives. Finding external finance is thus very important because the amounts required would be in billions of dollars.
The Global Gateway in Africa is another link in the chain of global connectivity initiatives the EU wishes to build, for energy value chains imperviou
Lopsided allocation of funds could easily lead to the government missing its target for renewable energy capacity, with huge costs to the environment.
The volatile politics in Male at this crucial juncture can change the course of the Presidential race and the future of big-ticket infrastructure in t
Overall, the infrastructure sector is the winner in this year's budget. The allocation to the sector will go up by 700 bn rupees in 2015/16 over last year. But this sector needs consolidation in policy framework starting from approval to implementation and an institutional mechanism for fair pricing and competition.
To address the issue of poor healthcare infrastructure, the states need to prioritise this sector by diverting funds, creating more capacity in existi
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented stress on India’s urban public health infrastructure, underscoring the need for urban planning to account for increased demand for health amenities during crises. This paper evaluates the city of Mumbai’s 1991 and 2034 development plans and finds inherent infrastructural inadequacies. It calls on urban-policymakers to complement development plans with robust dynamic health strategies that conside
2024 will see a consolidation of global efforts to leverage the DPI model, and there are indications that the enthusiasm surrounding DPIs could infect
There is a deeper politics at play here, a politics of negotiation and a transaction of international power games that is diluting the dangers of Paki
The multiple crises besetting India’s justice delivery system are related to a large extent to what the Chief Justice calls “dilapidated” infrastructure. Indeed, it is empirically known that there is a positive correlation between adequacy of infrastructure—whether courtrooms, chambers, sanitation facilities, or digital connectivity—and productivity in the delivery of justice. This brief highlights the stark gaps in infrastructu
Unless India accelerates the pace of the physical border infrastructure build-up, New Delhi will face serious difficulties in any future confrontation with China.
India’s tepid response to the PGII seems odd given Delhi’s opposition to the BRI, which the new G-7 initiative seeks to counter.
With the emergence of a large number of private players across economic sectors, quality infrastructure development to support business operations has
