The Compendium of Good Practices on Quality Infrastructure 2024 - Building Resilience to Natural Disasters was elaborated by the OECD Development Centre. Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir, Director, oversaw the project, which was carried out under the strategic guidance of Annalisa Primi, Head of the Economic Transformation and Development Division. The report was produced by Annalisa Primi, Paulina Beato and Vasiliki Mavroeidi, with substantive inputs from Manuel Toselli, Dwight Quinn, Vicente Ruiz and Abdul Fofana. Asako Yuhara and Yoshito Suga provided co-ordination with the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). Yumika Yamada supported the implementation process and provided co-ordination with key project stakeholders. Pearl Herrero and Vittoria Barbagallo provided support to the production of the report.
The report benefited from in-depth consultations with and contributions from the following case study leads: Nicolás Rincon and Miguel Gallego (National Planning Department, Colombia), Kassim Abubakar, (GridCo, Ministry of Economy, Ghana), Shri Ravinder (National Highway Authority of India of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, India), Visakhadevi Sutandhi (PT MRT Jakarta, Indonesia), Masahiko Murase (MLIT, Japan), Cecilio Maria da Grachane (Ministry of Public Works, Housing and Water, Mozambique) and Morteza Farajian (Build America Bureau, Department of Transport, United States). Rafael Hertz (National Development Bank, Colombia) provided strategic advice and comments throughout the drafting process.
This report benefited from consultations with the OECD Editorial Board on Infrastructure in the framework of the OECD (2024) report on Infrastructure for a Climate-Resilient Future and the preparatory discussions for the OECD Infrastructure Forum 2024. It also benefited from the discussions held in the framework of the OECD Initiative for Policy Dialogue on Global Value Chains, Production Transformation and Development.
The authors are grateful to all the participants of the two preparatory meetings co‑organised by the OECD Development Centre and MLIT of Japan in April and September 2023. Special thanks go to Zitto Alfayo (Afreximbank), Fausto Arroyo (CAF), Anthony Barry (FIDIC), Juan Benavides (Feserallo, Colombia), Steven Goldfinch (Asian Development Bank), Takahiro Konami (MLIT, Japan), German Lleras (Steer Goup), Joshua Mabe (JICA Ghana), Ernesto Monter (Inter-American Development Bank), Satoru Nishikawa (JICA), Stephen Perkins (ITF), Rodolfo Sabonge (Association of Caribbean States), Mike Salawou (African Development Bank), Courteney Wheeler (OECD) and Naoyuki Yoshino (Keio University). The authors wish to thank Tri Rismaharini, Minister of Social Affairs, Indonesia, who, with her team, made enriching contributions to this work.
Special thanks go to the Permanent Delegation of Japan to the OECD, in particular to Ambassador Jun Shimmi and former Ambassador Yoshifumi Okamura. Akira Kadomoto, Akane Nozawa, Kensuke Ishii, Misaki Kimura and Sho Ishii provided valuable support. The drafting team is also grateful to the Permanent Delegation of Colombia to the OECD and the Embassies of India, Ghana and Mozambique in France. The efforts of the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in France ensured a smooth collaboration with Indonesian stakeholders during this project. Special thanks go to Vicka Rompis and Sandri Ghifari.
Setsuko Saya, Deputy Director of the OECD Development Centre, provided valuable comments on the final version of the report. Ayumi Yuasa, Deputy Director at the time of project implementation, provided valuable guidance and contributed to the preparatory meetings. Lorenzo Pavone, Edoardo Cozzi and Maike Kirsch provided comments. Delphine Grandrieux and Elizabeth Nash co‑ordinated the publication process. Design credits go to Aida Buendia and Irit Perry.
This report would not have been possible without the financial contribution of MLIT Japan.