CoST increases transparency and accountability to deliver better infrastructure more efficiently. This is achieved by enabling the disclosure of infrastructure project data in the CoST Infrastructure Data Standard (IDS) format …
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CoST Country Study – Vietnam
In the last 30 years, Vietnam has emerged sovereign and prosperous from a millennium of domination and turbulence. Now, a Lower-middle Income Country (World Bank 2016a), growth rates have consistently …
CoST Country Study – Thailand
Thailand is one of the great development success stories. It achieved upper middle income status in less than a generation; however, average growth rates have fallen from 7.5% (1986-1996) to …
CoST Country Study – Malaysia
Malaysia’s infrastructure needs for 2010-2020 are projected at US$188 billion. However, the combined spend of the 10th and 11th Malaysi plans which cover the same period is only US$109 billion,. …
CoST Country Study – Indonesia
Indonesia plans to become a great economic power for infrastructure development in various sectors. Moreover, transparency and accountability have emerged over the past decade as key to address both developmental …
CoST in Southeast Asia – Infrastructure transparency, a baseline assessment
As part of our collaboration with the UK Government’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), CoST has undertaken ground-breaking research into the infrastructure investment environment across Southeast Asia. Four country studies, …