From Structures to Services: How to Achieve Sustainable Infrastructure in the Caribbean

To close its infrastructure gap, the Latin American and Caribbean region needs more than investment in new structures. It needs to become more efficient at investing in infrastructure and regulating a new range of services that have the potential to disrupt the energy, transport and water sectors. These are some of the key points of the new IDB report - From Structures to Services: the Path to Better Infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean ( https://flagships.iadb.org/en/DIA2020/from-structures-to-services . Infrastructure is way more than light, water, roads and other concrete structures. Investment, planning, transparency, efficiency and negotiations are all significant ingredients for achieving sustainable infrastructure. Andrew Powell, Economics Principal Advisor at the IDB's Research Department, talks about the relevance of these issues for the Caribbean context and its post-pandemic recovery, as well as the technological revolution coming to the sector. Golda Lee Bruce, Development Storyteller for the IDB Caribbean Department moderates the conversation. To download the report, From Structures to Services: the Path to Better Infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean: https://flagships.iadb.org/en/DIA2020/from-structures-to-services https://publications.iadb.org/en/from-structures-to-services-the-path-to-better-infrastructure-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-executive-summary To learn more about our work in the Caribbean: https://devtrends.iadb.org/en