Online Discussion: Financing infrastructure development
Join Oshani Perera, Director of the Procurement and Infrastructure Program, and Liesbeth Casier, Procurement Specialist for IISD’s Economic Law and Policy Program, for Apolitical’s online discussion June 18 on financing infrastructure development.
Join Oshani Perera, Director of the Procurement and Infrastructure Program, and Liesbeth Casier, Procurement Specialist for IISD’s Economic Law and Policy Program, for Apolitical’s online discussion June 18 on financing infrastructure development.
The discussion will be moderated by Omar Chedda, Director of the Investment Branch within Jamaica's Ministry of Economic Growth & Job Creation.
It is crucial to discuss how governments, citizens and financiers can address the challenges of closing the USD 90 trillion global infrastructure gap. This online discussion will explore how we can position infrastructure as the catalyst for realizing the Sustainable Development Goals.
Learn more about IISD’s work in sustainable infrastructure finance online.
Upcoming events
2026 Investment Policy Forum
The 17th edition of IISD's Investment Policy Forum will take place from September 16 to 18, 2026, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
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Join IISD and UNCTAD for a webinar on May 7 as we explore key findings and recommendations from two recent publications on national investment laws and their investor–state dispute settlement provisions. A panel of experts will discuss the risks posed by dispute settlement provisions in investment laws, emerging good practices, and the urgent need for coherence between domestic legal frameworks and international treaty reform efforts.