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Foresight. A global infrastructure perspective. 10 emerging trends in 2016. Trends that will change the world of infrastructure over the next 5 years.
Foresight. A global infrastructure perspective. Special edition - January 2016. 10 emerging trends in 2016. Trends that will change the world of infrastructure over the next 5 years.
From the second page of the report: “The KPMG International has tracked the key trends that will influence the world of infrastructure over the coming years.”
The report highlights: “As this year’s Emerging Trends in 2016 suggests, however, the industry is now standing on the cusp of greater change. The development and interaction of many of these trends could very well transform the way governments, businesses and users interact with and invest in infrastructure. More importantly, if managed properly, they also hold the power to solve many of the biggest challenges facing our industry today.”
10 new trends in the year 2016 according to the report:
Trend 1. Macro risk environment shifts: ‘No normal’ is the new normal
Trend 2. Competition for investments heats up
Trend 3. Focusing on the larger benefits to unclog the pipeline
Trend 4. Asset management gets sophisticated
Trend 5. Technology rockets up the infrastructure agenda
Trend 6. Security becomes a mainstream issue
Trend 7. The gap between public and private narrows
Trend 8. Innovative new ways to fund infrastructure emerging
Trend 9. The institutional debt market takes off
Trend 10. China and India have arrived
The full text of the report in English is available at: