Thousands of Muslims return home on an overcrowded train, after attending the final prayer of Bishwa Ijtema, the world’s second-largest Muslim gathering after the Haj, in Tongi, outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on January 12, 2020. Photo: Reuters
Thousands of Muslims return home on an overcrowded train, after attending the final prayer of Bishwa Ijtema, the world’s second-largest Muslim gathering after the Haj, in Tongi, outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on January 12, 2020. Photo: Reuters
Riccardo Puliti
Opinion

Opinion

Riccardo Puliti

How developing nations can get the infrastructure they need

  • There is no shortcut to efficient, climate-resilient infrastructure projects that attract investors, and pathways include country reforms and global cooperation
  • But countries must first chart their own paths and signal for change; only then can the World Bank step in to help secure financing

Riccardo Puliti
Riccardo Puliti

Updated: 5:45pm, 6 Dec, 2022

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Thousands of Muslims return home on an overcrowded train, after attending the final prayer of Bishwa Ijtema, the world’s second-largest Muslim gathering after the Haj, in Tongi, outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on January 12, 2020. Photo: Reuters
Thousands of Muslims return home on an overcrowded train, after attending the final prayer of Bishwa Ijtema, the world’s second-largest Muslim gathering after the Haj, in Tongi, outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on January 12, 2020. Photo: Reuters
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