Investment in Infrastructure as a Driver of Economic Growth in Developing Countries

The discussion addressed the following issues:

Role of infrastructure investments for Russia's economy, role of Russian Direct Investment Fund and Russia-China Investment Fund in infrastructure projects, track record of investing into infrastructure projects;
The reforms that are required to develop infrastructure investments, specific features of investment project implementation using National Welfare Fund for financing;
PPP in infrastructure projects;
Forms of infrastructure investments, approaches to structuring the infrastructure deals;
Investments of Pension Funds into infrastructure projects. Special characteristics of the investments carried out by Pension Funds;
Legislative issues of concessional agreements, review of the key issues of legislation and regulation in the tenders for the right to conclude concessional agreements for water supply and disposal.

Moderator:
Aleksey Chichkanov, Executive Vice-President, Head of the Public-Private Partnership Centre, Gazprombank OJSC