Improving the Accessibility and Availability of Key Market Data

Data is an essential enabler of well-functioning infrastructure markets and a critical input for developing an investable infrastructure pipeline, influencing both the enabling environment and the multiple stages of the infrastructure lifecycle. Recognising this, the Group of Twenty (G20) Infrastructure Working Group, under the South African Presidency, have developed a note to improve the accessibility and availability of global market data.

The note, presented by Mr Henri Blas from the Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility-Global Infrastructure Hub, highlights the role of market data in supporting informed decision-making for governments and investors and provides a structured mapping of key infrastructure market data by evaluating the extent to which consolidated and comparable global data is available. It further offers actionable measures to address existing gaps and barriers. The note intends to deepen understanding of market data usage, gaps and barriers among governments for effective pipeline development and the mobilisation of private sector participation in public infrastructure investment.