The Private Infrastructure Development Group
The Emerging Africa & Asia Infrastructure Fund is part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG).
PIDG encourages and mobilises private investment in infrastructure in the frontier markets of sub-Saharan Africa, south and south-east Asia, to help promote economic development and combat poverty. Since 2002, PIDG has supported 170 infrastructure projects to financial close, mobilising $22.9bn in private sector investment and supporting new or improved infrastructure for 231 million people. PIDG is funded by donors from seven countries (UK, Switzerland, Australia, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands, Germany) and the World Bank Group.