Helping emerging economies to tackle the climate emergency is extremely significant. In the light of the risks to these funds, the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative (CoST) with our partners, Engineers Against …
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Beneficial Ownership Transparency could end anonymous companies linked to corruption and mismanagement in infrastructure procurement
By Olive Kabatwairwe, CoST Africa Regional Manager Africa needs USD $100 billion a year for infrastructure development, but only $45 billion is being mobilized annually. Governments don’t have the capacity …
CoST utilises the ITI tool in Asia
CoST, the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative, has recently socialized the Infrastructure Transparency Index (ITI) in Asian countries, as a tool that can be useful in order to make public infrastructure projects …
CoST Uganda wins the first ever Alfredo Cantero Awards
CoST, the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative, announced on Monday 31st October , its Uganda chapter as the winner of the Alfredo Cantero 2022 award, in recognition of its efforts to promote …
CoST and partners working together for an Africa with infrastructure transparency
Recent studies have revealed that Africa needs USD 93 billion annually for infrastructure development, but only USD 45 billion is being mobilised. The World Bank noted that a lack of …
Breaking the barriers for infrastructure journalists in Uganda
The media plays a great role in information dissemination, but often times journalists are put to blame either because their publications are “lacking” or they are “subjective”. CoST believes that …