Regional partners are rapidly scaling efforts to mobilize sustainable infrastructure financing in the Indo-Pacific region’s emerging markets and developing economies—an urgent need compounded by the impacts of climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The success of major initiatives such as the G7’s Partnership for Global Infrastructure Investment depends on the ability of those initiatives to unlock private capital through the use of blended finance and other de-risking strategies. However, significant barriers, including a limited pipeline of "bankable" projects and insufficient project preparation, threaten to derail the region’s financing efforts. This invitation-only private session will examine the policies, platforms, and investment vehicles that governments can employ to catalyze infrastructure investment with a particular emphasis on the opportunities available through the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework. 

Moderator

David Talbot

Associate Director for Economic Policy, Milken Institute

Speakers

Steven Ciobo

Managing Director, Head of Global Affairs, Stonepeak; Former Australian Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment; Milken Institute Asia Fellow

Allaster Cox

Australian High Commissioner to Singapore, Australian High Commission

Kim-See Lim

Director, East Asia and the Pacific, International Finance Corporation

Wei-Sun Teh

Executive Director, Infrastructure, IFM Investors

Nicholas Tonkes

Partner, Oliver Wyman