Upgrading infrastructure is central to the agendas of many developing countries and regional economic communities (RECs). According to the 2017 OECD-WTO monitoring survey, the issue features in eight out of ten donor dialogues with partner countries and seven out of ten dialogues with RECs. Three quarters of the donor agencies participating in the 2017 monitoring exercise prioritise infrastructure development and half of them operate specific trade-related infrastructure programmes. These place a particular focus on transport and energy related infrastructure (78% and 72% respectively), and on communication infrastructure (68%).