These deep-water berths allowed the deepest ships to dock in port to provide the city with cargo and raw materials.

[3] In 2015, Singapore signed an agreement with the World Bank to establish the country as its first infrastructure and urban development hub.

[5] Projects on the public sector side will be dedicated to sustainable energy, transport, information and communications technology, public-private partnerships, trade and competitiveness, and urban development as well as the global infrastructure facility.

[6] Singapore is a member of the World Bank and it supports organizations including the Global Platform for Sustainable Cities.

The GPSC focuses on projects in cities such as responses to climate change as well as eco-friendly public transportation GSPC.

This information exchange happened when the World Bank and Singapore’s Infrastructure Asia signed an MoU.