Transforming Urban Investment

10 November 2010 - Singapore

The World Bank, the Singapore Ministry of Finance and the Monetary Authority of Singapore, in association with the Financial Times and the World Bank-ASEAN Infrastructure Finance Network, and with AusAID support, will gather leading policy-makers, investors, sponsors and strategists for a second major Summit aimed at generating innovative public-private solutions for the financing of some of Asia's key infrastructure initiatives, particularly in urban areas.

Building on the achievements of the inaugural event held during last year's APEC meetings, the World Bank-Singapore Infrastructure Finance Summit 2010, chaired by Lionel Barber, Editor of the Financial Times, and featuring World Bank President Robert Zoellick, comes as central and municipal governments across the region consider the most effective ways to fund and implement the massive infrastructure projects announced to counter the impact of the global economic downturn.

The Summit, again organised under the auspices of the World Bank-Singapore Urban Hub, will feature:

• An exclusive panel of finance ministers, mayors and local government leaders
• A unique showcase of urban infrastructure projects and financing structures presented by senior public sector officials
• A panel of investors, financiers and advisers discussing opportunities and challenges they face as they seek to plug the infrastructure financing gap in a period of emerging economic recovery