Why it matters
Poverty remains a pressing challenge. Government-to-government infrastructure investments are vital for improving living conditions in poor and fragile countries, where billions still lack basic services like electricity, clean water and sanitation.
Public Infrastructure, formerly known as Danida Sustainable Infrastructure Finance (DSIF), is fully funded by Danish development aid, making poor and fragile countries a clear priority.
We invest in sustainable public infrastructure, engaging in project development and providing concessional funding, technical assistance and capacity building to governments in poor and fragile countries across Africa and Asia, and in Ukraine – ensuring vital projects that would not be funded on market terms.
Impact priorities
- Clean water and sanitation
- Climate adaption
- Affordable and clean energy
- No poverty
- Decent jobs and economic growth
How we invest
Public Infrastructure offers direct and indirect concessional loans as well as strategic grants.
Impact in numbers
11.9
million people expected to gain access to clean water or wastewater treatment
3.2
million people expected to gain access to clean energy
80
per cent of grants allocated to poor & fragile countries
334,000
tonnes of CO2e expected to be avoided annually
Managing Director and Co-head of Public Infrastructure Finance
Tina Kollerup Hansen
+45 33 44 12 35
Managing Director and Co-head of Public Infrastructure Finance
Annemette Ditlevsen
+45 33 41 12 41