Institutional Investment in Infrastructure in Developing Countries: Introduction to Potential Models

This paper considers the existing types of institutional investors and their potential for filling the infrastructure financing gap. The challenges of adjusting asset allocations, particularly toward emerging markets and developing economies’ (EMDEs) infrastructure, are discussed and examples of projects where institutional investors have been involved are given. Additionally, the paper considers a range of models for the involvement of institutional investors in EMDEs and makes initial proposals for how to determine which model fits best in a particular country context.