सार्वभौम अवसंरचना सुविधा (ग्लोबल इंफ्रास्ट्रक्चर फैसिलिटी)
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The Global Infrastructure Facility is a/an
(a) ASEAN initiative to upgrade infrastructure in Asia and financed by credit from the Asian Development Bank. · (b) World Bank collaboration that facilitates the preparation and structuring of complex infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) to enable mobilization of private sector and institutional investor capital. · (c) Collaboration among the major banks of the world working with the OECD and focused on expanding the set of infrastructure projects that have the potential to mobilize private investment. · (d) UNCTAD funded initiative that seeks to finance and facilitate infrastructure development in the world.
उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English
Answer: (b) ग़ैर-सरकारी क्षेत्रक और संस्थागत निवेशकों की पूँजी का संग्रहण कर सकने के लिए विश्व बैंक का सहयोग है, जो जटिल अवसंरचना सरकारी-ग़ैर-सरकारी भागीदारियों (PPPs) की तैयारी और संरचना-निर्माण को सुकर बनाता है ।
The Global Infrastructure Facility (GIF) is a G20 initiative, backed by the World Bank, that helps governments prepare and structure infrastructure projects so that private and institutional money can be attracted. It is not an ASEAN, OECD or UNCTAD body.
- ✓ (b) The GIF is a collaboration platform that gives funding and advisory support to governments and multilateral development banks to structure bankable infrastructure projects, including PPPs, in emerging markets, in order to mobilise private capital.
- ✗ (a) It is a global G20 initiative, not an ASEAN scheme. Its funding comes from governments (Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Singapore, the United States) and the World Bank, not from Asian Development Bank credit.
- ✗ (c) Its platform brings together governments, multilateral development banks and the private sector; it is not a group of the world's major banks working with the OECD.
- ✗ (d) UNCTAD is not among its funders, which are the governments named above and the World Bank.
Remember · GIF: a World Bank-backed G20 initiative that prepares bankable, complex infrastructure and PPP projects to mobilise private capital.
Sources
- World Bank: Global Infrastructure Facility (GIF), programme page ↗ “It provides funding and advisory support to governments and multilateral development banks on how to select, design, structure, and bring to market high-quality, sustainable, and bankable infrastructure projects in emerging markets. … Through our collaboration platform that brings together governments, multilateral development banks, and the private sector, we deliver sustainable, quality solutions to clients”
Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper I (2017, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). ·