Global Infrastructure Facility

What Global Infrastructure Facility does

The Global Infrastructure Facility (GIF) is a G20-initiated Financial Intermediary Fund (FIF) established in 2014 and formally launched in April 2015, administered by the World Bank Group and headquartered in Washington, DC. GIF operates as a global collaboration platform providing end-to-end advisory services to emerging market governments and multilateral development bank partners on the selection, design, structuring, and market preparation of sustainable, bankable infrastructure projects in sectors including energy, transport, water and sanitation, municipal solid waste, and ICT. As of late 2021, GIF had supported 121 project preparation activities across 55+ countries with an expected total investment mobilization of US$76 billion, of which approximately half is targeted from the private sector, and 12 projects had reached financial close mobilizing US$3.8 billion in private investment.

GIF's core technology and intellectual property consist of knowledge products rather than software platforms: sector-specific climate toolkits that translate Nationally Determined Contributions into investment pipelines, the FAST-Infra Sustainable Infrastructure Label (a global labeling system with Bloomberg as Data Repository and Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation as Secretariat), and the Assess-Map-Embed (AME) framework co-developed with Aon, IFC, and MIGA for standardizing physical climate risk assessment in social infrastructure.

GIF's business model is grant-funded rather than commercially revenue-generating. The facility is supported by contributions from the governments of Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Singapore, the United States, and the World Bank Group. Advisory services are provided at no cost to client governments. GIF's go-to-market operates through biannual Advisory Council meetings convened during World Bank-IMF Spring and Annual Meetings, market outreach events targeting private investors, an MDB partner network (World Bank, IFC, IDB, EBRD, AIIB), and thought leadership content distributed via LinkedIn, newsletters, blogs, COP events, and webinars. The platform brings together 60+ Advisory Partners representing over US$18 trillion in assets under management.

Name

Global Infrastructure Facility

Legal name

Global Infrastructure Facility

Website

https://globalinfrafacility.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Short description

GIF is a G20-initiated Financial Intermediary Fund administered by the World Bank Group that provides end-to-end advisory services and grant funding to emerging market governments and MDBs to prepare bankable sustainable infrastructure projects that attract private capital.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Infrastructure Advisory Services

NAICS

International Affairs (928120), Public Finance Activities (92113), Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles (525)

SIC

Federal & Federally-Sponsored Credit Agencies (6111), International Affairs (9721)

akta.pro primary industry

Infrastructure & Project Finance Facilities (BPADACAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Climate Finance Funds & Green Investment Facilities (BPADACAH), Technical Assistance, Policy Lending & Capacity Building Programs (BPADACAN), Project Finance & Capital Structuring (Debt/Tax Equity/Project Bonds) (EUAMAAAD), Infrastructure & Project Finance Advisory (BPAHADAO)

Keywords

• Infrastructure advisory services
• Public-private partnerships
• Project preparation
• Emerging market infrastructure
• Blended finance

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington, DC

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Donor Funding and Grants: GIF is a Financial Intermediary Fund (FIF) supported by generous contributions from the governments of Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Singapore, the United States, and the World Bank. The facility provides technical funds, financing, or extends credit enhancement to complex infrastructure investments through donor contributions rather than commercial revenue generation.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Global Infrastructure Facility (GIF) is a G20 initiative and Financial Intermediary Fund (FIF) administered by the World Bank Group that provides end-to-end advisory services and funding support to client governments and multilateral development bank partners. It focuses on helping select, design, structure, and bring to market high-quality, sustainable, and bankable infrastructure projects in emerging markets, working across sectors including energy, transport, water and sanitation, municipal solid waste, and ICT. The platform convenes governments, MDBs, and private sector investors through biannual Advisory Council meetings and direct engagement to mobilize private capital into sustainable infrastructure.

Product overview

Global Infrastructure Facility (GIF) is a G20 initiative functioning as a global collaboration platform that provides end-to-end advisory services and funding support to governments and multilateral development bank partners. GIF focuses on sustainable infrastructure project preparation and structuring, working across sectors including energy, transport, water and sanitation, municipal solid waste, and information and communications technology (ICT). The organization brings together governments, multilateral development banks, and private sector investors to develop bankable pipelines of sustainable infrastructure projects in emerging markets. GIF does not operate as a software product or technology platform but rather as a advisory and financing facility.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• End-to-End Advisory Services for Sustainable Infrastructure Comprehensive advisory support to client governments and multilateral development bank (MDB) partners covering the full project preparation cycle — project selection, design, structuring, and market preparation — for sustainable infrastructure projects in emerging markets. Service includes funding and technical expertise delivered in partnership with MDBs and directed at building bankable pipelines that attract private capital.
• Sector-Specific Climate Toolkits for Infrastructure PPPs Climate toolkits designed to help governments translate nationally determined contributions (NDCs), national adaptation plans, and policy commitments into investment pipelines for both public and private sectors. Used by governments and infrastructure planners to structure climate-aligned infrastructure PPPs.
• FAST-Infra Sustainable Infrastructure (FISI) Label A globally applicable labeling system designed to identify and evaluate sustainable infrastructure projects, supporting infrastructure as a deep and liquid asset class. Data Repository hosted by Bloomberg, Secretariat by Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation. The label enables investors and project sponsors to signal the sustainability quality of infrastructure projects.
• Underwriting the Future of Resilience Framework White paper / framework developed with Aon, IFC, and MIGA focusing on how insurers assess physical climate risks, examining social infrastructure assets including hospitals, schools, and government buildings. Introduces the Assess-Map-Embed (AME) approach for climate risk standardization to make infrastructure projects insurable and bankable.
• Market Outreach and Investor Roadshow Events Targeted investor outreach events and roadshows (e.g., the São Paulo Mobility Program Market Outreach event) that present specific project pipelines to international private investors. GIF and IFC co-host these events to mobilize international private capital into PPP investment opportunities.

Quantifiable outcome

• Every $1 in GIF project preparation mobilizes $100 in private investment
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• AonmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2026GIF collaborated with Aon to produce white paper 'Underwriting the Future of Resilience: Developing Insurable and Bankable Infrastructure' examining how insurers assess physical climate risks for social infrastructure assets.
• IFC (International Finance Corporation)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2026Partnered with GIF and MIGA to develop the Underwriting the Future of Resilience white paper, providing insights on physical climate risk assessment for infrastructure projects.
• MIGA (Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2026Partnered with GIF and IFC on the Underwriting the Future of Resilience white paper focused on insurance and climate risk for infrastructure.
• ESMAPmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 November 2023GIF Head Astrid Manroth participated in joint report launch 'Scaling Hydrogen Financing for Development' with ESMAP, OECD, Hydrogen Council, and World Bank on green hydrogen economy development in emerging markets.
• OECDmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 November 2023Co-authored 'Scaling Hydrogen Financing for Development' report with GIF, ESMAP, Hydrogen Council, and World Bank addressing bankability gap for green hydrogen projects.
• Hydrogen CouncilmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 November 2023Partnered with GIF on 'Scaling Hydrogen Financing for Development' report addressing financing challenges for green hydrogen in emerging and developing economies.
• MasdarmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 June 2023Masdar joined as newest Advisory Council Member, bringing expertise in renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure development to the GIF network.
• CAIXA (Caixa Econômica Federal)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 May 2023Partnership between CAIXA and IFC to structure street lighting PPP projects in Brazilian municipalities. GIF provided technical and financial support for the structuring, with projects in 5 cities covering over 200,000 street lighting points.
• MeridiamcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 April 2023Meridiam, a global leader in project development and asset management with US$20 billion under management and more than 120 projects, joined as Advisory Council Co-Chair. Meridiam provides high-level strategic guidance and contributes to building knowledge among GIF partners.
• BloombergcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 November 2022Bloomberg serves as Data Repository for the FAST-Infra Sustainable Infrastructure (FISI) Label, a globally applicable labeling system to identify and evaluate sustainable infrastructure projects. The FISI Label aims to support infrastructure as a deep and liquid asset class.
• Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation (GIB)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 November 2022GIB serves as Secretariat for the FAST-Infra Sustainable Infrastructure (FISI) Label, working with Bloomberg as Data Repository to administer the labeling system.
• Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance (CCFLA)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022GIF supports CCFLA activities, including seeking consultants for desk research on financial aggregation for urban climate projects and policy briefs on improving local enabling environments for private investment in developing economy cities.
• FAST-Infra GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2021FAST-Infra (Finance to Accelerate the Sustainable Transition - Infrastructure) is a multi-year initiative initially promoted by core members including Climate Policy Initiative (CPI), GIF, HSBC, IFC, and OECD under the One Planet Summit. Co-chaired by GIF and Macquarie.
• AIIB (Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 July 2021AIIB joined GIF to enhance multilateral cooperation in infrastructure financing. As a new MDB focused on Asia, AIIB brings additional capacity and geographic reach to the GIF platform.
• Advisory Partners (Private Sector)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2015Advisory Partners serve as the voice of private investors and financiers, representing more than US$18 trillion in assets under management. They participate in biannual Advisory Council meetings and provide strategic guidance on market trends, investment opportunities, and private sector participation in sustainable infrastructure in emerging markets.
• Technical Partners (MDBs)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2015Technical Partners are the implementing multilateral development banks (MDBs) that serve as the interface between GIF's advisory support and client country governments. Includes World Bank, IFC, IDB, EBRD, and others that structure and finance infrastructure projects with GIF support.
• Beneficiary Partners (Emerging Market Governments)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2015Beneficiary Partners represent the voice of governments of emerging markets that benefit from GIF's funding and technical support. These governments receive end-to-end advisory services for sustainable infrastructure project preparation.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• International Finance Corporation (IFC): The IFC is the World Bank Group's private-sector arm and a core Technical Partner of GIF. It directly competes in emerging-market infrastructure finance with deeper balance sheet capacity, while partnering with GIF on project preparation.
• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD): EBRD is a Technical Partner of GIF that finances infrastructure PPPs and private-sector investments across emerging Europe and Central Asia. It operates a comparable blended-finance mandate with deeper balance sheet and direct project execution capability.
• Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB): AIIB is a GIF Technical Partner focused on Asia-Pacific infrastructure. It provides both project preparation support and direct lending, partially overlapping GIF's upstream advisory function with broader financing capabilities.
• Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) / IDB Invest: IDB and IDB Invest are GIF Technical Partners that finance infrastructure across Latin America and the Caribbean. They combine sovereign lending with private-sector infrastructure investment, partially overlapping GIF's PPP structuring mandate.

Direct peers

• Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA): MIGA is a World Bank Group member that provides political risk insurance and credit enhancement to cross-border investors in EMDEs. It co-authored GIF's climate risk white paper and operates in the same blended-finance and risk-mitigation space.
• Global Environment Facility (GEF): GEF is a Financial Intermediary Fund housed within the World Bank Group that funds environment and climate projects in developing countries. It mirrors GIF's FIF structure and donor-funded model but focuses on environmental grants.
• Climate Investment Funds (CIF): CIF is a multilateral financing platform administered through the World Bank that channels donor funds to clean energy, climate resilience, and sustainable transport in developing countries. It directly overlaps GIF's climate-aligned infrastructure mandate (e.g., South Africa energy transition).
• Green Climate Fund: The Green Climate Fund is a Paris Agreement-aligned multilateral fund that finances climate mitigation and adaptation in developing countries. It competes with GIF for donor capital and project preparation mandates in EMDE climate infrastructure.
• Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG): PIDG is a donor-funded infrastructure development platform focused on sub-Saharan and South Asia. It mirrors GIF's role in preparing and de-risking infrastructure PPPs in emerging markets through grant and concessional finance.

Emerging players

• Convergence Blended Finance: Convergence is a global blended finance network and knowledge platform that catalogs deals and connects investors in EMDEs. It plays a convening and deal-curation role analogous to GIF but operates as a network rather than a transaction-advisory platform.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

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