01) Appropriate Technologies - [Back to Top]

• Low-cost, Labour-based Paved Roads for Poor Communities
  Information about low-cost, labor-based alternative road surfacing options suitable for local small-scale/community contracting enterprises and the creation of jobs for the poor
• The Labour-Based Technology Sourcebook
  A selective list of more than 1000 key publications related to labour-based technology (LBT) organized into the following subject areas: construction and contractor development, labour and employment, project planning and evaluation, rural roads, rural access, tools and equipment, training, urban infrastructure development.

02) Capacity Building - [Back to Top]

• Capacity Development Resource Book
  This book covers issues associated with capacity development for sustainable human development. The chapters are available in HTML or PDF format. The issues addressed include governance, poverty, aid coordination and management. Resources and references are provided.
• Capacity-Building - An Approach to People-Centered Development (Oxfam Development Guidelines) Books
  This is a link to Amazon.com and its description of the book "Capacity-Building: An Approach to People-Centered Development" which is part of the Oxfam Development Guidelines series.
• Capacity.org
  This is the site of the Web magazine, Capacity.ORG, which is designed for practitioners and policy makers who work in or on capacity development in international cooperation in the South.

03) Corruption - [Back to Top]

• Corruption & Integrity Improvement Initiatives in Developing Countries
  This paper from the United Nations Development Program investigates cross-border corruption, the challenges of reform, and the impact of corruption on the global economy, and includes case studies from developing countries.
• Corruption Online Research Info System
  This is a Web portal for anti-corruption resources sponsored by Transparency International, which provides news and views concerning corruption worldwide.
• PSD - Corruption Category
  This is a blog written by members of the World Bank Group that takes a market approach to development thinking and comment on private sector development issues in the news.
• Southern African Information Portal on Corruption
  This site offers provides an entry point for anti-corruption activities in South Africa and is designed for practitioners in government and the private sector, researchers, policy makers, and civil society activists.
• World Bank - Minimizing Corruption
  This World Bank site suggests tools to be included in legislation and/or contractual documentation to help target corruption in infrastructure projects.

04) Concession Frameworks, Bid Models, Project Delivery Methods - [Back to Top]

• Granting & Renegotiating Infrastructure Concessions
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• Innovative Project Delivery Methods for Infrastructure
  This study tries to demonstrate practices and methods that can be utilized by client organizations to more effectively secure products and services and to share innovative and progressive methods used in Australia, Canada, England, Finland, New Zealand, Sweden, and the US.
• Low Bid Alternatives
  This articles discusses the limitations of traditional low-bid procurement in the construction industry and explores alternative approaches.
• Project Procurement for Infrastructure Construction
  This book covers a range of topics related to project procurement including: public/private partnerships, infrastructure financing, construction, contractor selection and performance-based systems, information technology applications, trust and culture, supply chain management, strategies and systems.
• Utilizing Competitive Selection
  This article discusses the design-build delivery system using competitive selection, the chief characteristics of design-build, where it can be applied, its advantages and caveats, and procedures to be followed in implementing successful selection and administration processes.

05) Environmental Impact Assessments - [Back to Top]

• Environmental Impact Assessment - Index of Web Sites
  This site offers a compilation of Internet Web sites that are related to environmental assessment and includes a short summary of information to be found on each site.
• The Civil Engineering Portal - Environmental Engineering - Environment Impact Assessment
  This is a database of Web sites and technical articles on the Internet of particular interest to civil engineers.

06) Informed Consent of Indigenous Peoples - [Back to Top]

• Indigenous Peoples
• UN Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
  This is a draft regulation from the United Nations Economic and Social Council addressing discrimination against indigenous peoples.

07) Resettlement - [Back to Top]

• Development-Induced Displacement and Resettlement Research Guide
  This research guide offers an overview of some of the most important issues in the area of development-induced displacement and resettlement ( DIDR) in countries around the world.
• Involuntary Resettlement - ADB.org
  A policy paper from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which requires that involuntary resettlement be an integral part of project design and that it be addressed during the earliest stages of the project cycle in order to avoid involuntary resettlement wherever feasible and minimize resettlement where population displacement is unavoidable by exploring all viable project options.
• Literature on Involuntary Resettlement
  This book focuses on the economic issues involved in the processes of development-triggered, forced displacement and relocation, offers a perspective on resettlement's inner dynamics, and suggests analytical tools and policy solutions to challenge the premises and to improve the resources and outcomes of involuntary resettlement processes.
• Summary of the Handbook on Resettlement A Guide to Good Practice - ADB.org
  This book is designed to supplement the Handbook on Resettlement: A Guide to Good Practice and includes a glossary of common terms and concepts related to resettlement, key elements of resettlement plans, issues, and checklists showing key points for action in the project cycle.

08) Emergence of International Standards - [Back to Top]

• FIDIC - Standardization of Contracts
  This is a database of FIDIC contracts and agreements organized into three types of collections that vary according to license: product directories, whole documents, and whole documents where every whole document in the PDF format is watermarked as licensed for use by an organization for one year without restriction.
• IATA - Standardization of Airports
  This is a database of information concerning standards in the air transport industry in the areas of ground handling, safety and security, travel agent training, dangerous goods regulation, and airport development.
• ILO - Standardization of Treatment of Labor
  A collection of information promoting social justice and internationally recognized human and basic labor rights, including freedom of association, the right to organize, collective bargaining, abolition of forced labor, equal opportunity and treatment, and other standards that regulate conditions in a wide range of work-related issues.
• ISO - Provides 15,000+ International Standards
  A database of information on standardization issues, which include ISO 9000 / ISO 14000, news, communities and markets, and standards development.
• ITU - Standardization of Telecom
  This site of the International Telecommunications Union, an international organization within the United Nations System in which governments and the private sector coordinate global telecom networks and services, offers news, lists of publications, schedules of meetings and conferences, and job vacancies.
• UIC - Standardization of Railways
  This site of the International Union of Railways provides organization leaflets, lists of recent publications, technical and research reports, forthcoming meetings, and ongoing projects in English and French.

09) Project Governance - [Back to Top]

• Governance of Project Management - Guide
  This guide from the Association for Project Management investigates the ways boards of directors assure the effectiveness and efficiency of their project management, project sponsorship and portfolio direction and the way boards ensure proper coherent disclosure and reporting of these systems and of their performance.
• Governance of Project Management
  This forum -- operated by the publisher of the above guide -- discusses the governance of project management with topics such as decision making and implementation, stakeholder management, life cycles, and maturity models, among others.
• New Rules - Project Governance
  This Web site focuses attention on the idea that governance works best when those who feel the impact of the decisions are involved in making the decisions and addresses topics that include civil rights protection resolutions, corporate personhood ordinances, and unified development budgets.

10) PFI and PPPs - [Back to Top]

• DBFO for Roads - a Financial Analysis
  This is a financial analysis of Design, Build, Finance and Operate (DBFO) projects in roads in the UK
• EIB - PPP Publications
  These articles from the European Investment Bank discuss public-private partnerships and their role in innovative financing of infrastructure project, value-for-money measurement, and the application of PPPs in the United Kingdom, Portugal, and new EU member nations in Central and Eastern Europe.
• General Contract Terms - Texas Road Projects
  This website presents a set of programmatic standard technical provisions for concession projects under Comprehensive Development Agreement (CDA) Program of The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)
• Legal Framework for PFI in Asia
  This research paper indicates the major issues to be considered in discussing legislative framework in drafting related laws and regulations for private participation in infrastructure development as evidenced by the experiences of three countries: Japan, Korea, and the Philippines
• Partnerships UK
  PUK is a public private partnership which has a unique public sector mission: to support and accelerate the delivery of infrastructure renewal, high quality public services and the efficient use of public assets through better and stronger partnerships between the public and private sectors.
• PPP/PFI for Roads
  This is a presentation by The Highways Agency of the Department for Transport, England on Design, Build, Finance and Operate (DBFO) projects in operating, maintaining and improving the strategic road network in England.
• PPP Bulletin
  This is a database of news articles concerning public-private partnerships and their operations around the world.
• PPP Models
  This site offers a model for the public-private partnership projects implemented by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration using the traditional design-bid-build approach.
• PFI , UK - Key Documents
  This web page contains links to key documents concerned with the Private Finance Initiative of HM Treasury, UK
• Privatization Toolkits - Private Sector Development - The World Bank Group
  The toolkits comprise eight complete guides to the privatization and regulation of infrastructure services in sectors such as telecommunications, water, sanitation, and transportation. All guides contain practical advice and tools of direct relevance for policymakers, reform leaders, and their advisors.
• Pro-poor Private Infrastructure - Papers and Links - Private Sector Development - The World Bank Group
  This is a database of papers and links providing an overview and evidence of pro-poor infrastructure, logistics and contract design, market structure and competition, decentralization, financing and government subsidies, and the role of public-private partnerships.
• PWC -- International Development Assistance - Infrastructure
  This site offers information concerning the use of public-private partnerships in developing nations to deliver power, water, telecoms and transport utility services, which frees governments to build their economies and look after the social welfare of their people.
• The Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships
  This site posts some of the resources and publications available from Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships (CCPPP).
• The National Council for Public-Private Partnerships
  The site of the National Council for Public-Private Partnerships offers information to advocate and facilitate the formation of public-private partnerships at the federal, state and local levels.
• UNECE - Private-Public Partnership Alliance Programme Alliance
  The site of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe's Industrial Restructuring, Energy and Enterprise Development Division, which has created a Public Private Partnership Alliance Program, consisting of experts from the public and private sectors willing to work with the United Nations to promote the use of public-private partnership structures in central and eastern Europe and CIS.

11) International Dispute Resolution - [Back to Top]

• International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
  This is the site of the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes, an autonomous international organization with close ties to the World Bank, provides information on the group's rules and regulations.
• Transnational Dispute Management
  This is a database of articles that focus on recent developments in the area of international arbitration and dispute management.

12) Project Performance Assessment - [Back to Top]

• EBRD project evaluations
  A database of information from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development comprising project summaries, case studies, environmental documents, and describing the process of evaluation.
• International Association for Impact Assessment
  IAIA is a forum for advancing innovation, development and communication of best practice in impact assessment, the process of identifying the future consequences of a current or proposed action.