Infrastructure Financing Trends : What are the Current Trends in Emerging Market Infrastructure Spending?

Emerging markets need twice the infrastructure investment they now receive. East Asia has the greatest needs, while Africa’s requirements are large in comparison to its economic size; power generation accounts for more than half of needed investment. There is great potential for increasing participation by institutional investors in developing-country infrastructure: insurance companies, asset managers, pension funds, and sovereign wealth funds are increasingly aware of the manifold benefits that infrastructure investments offer