Despite the clear advantages technology brings to infrastructure in enhancing productivity and cost efficiency, as well as reducing climate impact, the infrastructure sector has been slow in adopting technologies often due to a lack of information and awareness of technology solutions, their value and available suppliers. A similar information gap hinders the development of innovative solutions and the financing of technology development.
In line with its mandate to finance Infrastructure for Tomorrow (i4T), AIIB is committed to support its clients in harnessing significant benefits from technology application in infrastructure to deliver better value, quality, efficiency, resilience, and sustainability along the full project life cycle.
AIIB promotes both the adoption of technology and the development of innovative infrastructure technology solutions. Through its InfraTech Portal – a holistic, neutral and free platform, AIIB aims to help bridge the information gap and promote increased adoption and development of infrastructure technologies.
AIIB and the World Bank are working together as cofinancing partners to upgrade school infrastructure and help create international-standard learning environments based on green and disaster-resilient architectural designs, while supporting accelerated learning by strengthening decentralized management for improved education outcomes in Gujarat.
The Bank has launched the AIIB Venture Capital Investment Program for Green and Technology-Enabled Infrastructure, mobilizing USD130 million with an additional USD30 million as a co-investment sleeve for its first inaugural VC program for sustainable infrastructure.
Given the economic impact of the digital economy and the role it will play in our future society, AIIB sees a clear need to support its development and with it, the underlying Digital Infrastructure.
Infrastructure for Tomorrow sets a clear mission for AIIB by requiring that all investments across infrastructure and other productive sectors should align and add value through one or more of the following four thematic priorities.