The World Bank's $1 Trillion Infrastructure Plan

BlackRock, la Caisse, SWFs, and governments have signed  up to the Global Infrastructure Facility.

According to the World Bank, private infrastructure investments in emerging markets and developing countries fell to $150 billion last year from $186 billion in 2012.

The initiative earned the support of major asset management and private equity firms, pension funds, banks, and governments from around the world. GIF’s partners include BlackRock, Citibank, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, the governments of Canada, Australia, Japan, and Singapore, and the European Investment Bank (EIB).