Publications

How a government body — national, regional or municipal — plans for the legacy of supporting infrastructure can have a ripple effect on the development of a region for decades to come, positive or negative. While the eyes of the world are on the events, athletes, and facilities for a few weeks during a mega-event, the transformative effect of well-thought-out supporting infrastructure has long-lasting economic, demographic, and social implications for the entire region.

In 2011, we cover 26 cities and present in-depth results covering all 10 indicators and 66 variables, examine issues and add insight from urban thinkers and influencers.

Around 50 senior executives and experts from ten different countries gathered in March 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany for PwC’s roundtable on the capital project and infrastructure challenges facing utility companies. Participants were drawn from a range of different sectors – utilities companies themselves, financiers and bankers, the legal profession, engineering and technology companies, as well as from PwC.

Renewables Deals is our annual analysis of deal activity in the renewable power and related clean technology sectors. This year for the first time, we open our report with our discussion of the outlook for the year ahead and identify some of the main themes we expect to be at work.

The fourth volume of the T&L 2030 series is a multi-faceted analysis of supply chain security and its impact on global supply chains as well as how global transportation & logistics companies will operate in the future.

PwC explores the significance of the emerging global focus on infrastructure. We highlight the substantial potential payoff for investments and examine why business and government will increasingly join forces to finance, build and operate transportation and other infrastructure projects. We also highlight how the pursuit of sustainability is creating opportunities as industries converge to develop clean technologies such as “smart” electric grids. And, given their increasing complexity, infrastructure projects will require an intense focus on risk management and accountability.

Published by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with PwC, this report looks at the opportunities and challenges of using private finance to fund infrastructure. The document looks across all infrastructure sectors and was supported by an expert committee drawn from a range of active infrastructure market participants including infrastructure funds, pension funds, public sector participants, funders (including multilateral funders) and an academic.

PwC's view on the emergence and complexity of infrastructure investing including public private partnerships, the different needs of the public and private sectors, and key infrastructure investing issues.