Governments and development banks financing dams, motorways, oil and gas pipelines are more committed than ever to fill in the supposed “infrastructure gap”. And the larger the project, the better. Scaling up investments “from billions to trillions”, mega projects are meant to boost global economic growth and help recovery. But what are the risks entailed? Counterbalance and Both ENDS will tackle this question through a series of papers published this week. We analyzed the new global infrastructure agenda and its implications from three different angles. This is the second one, focusing on the debt risks linked to the current promotion of mega-corridors of large-scale infrastructure projects.
