Building Community Wealth Infrastructure: The institutions, capital, and rules communities need to own, govern, and transfer value

Abstract

Projects deliver activity. Infrastructure preserves capability. Do not finance an asset without financing the institution that must hold it. This is the fifth paper in IIBD's Community Wealth Infrastructure series. It turns from diagnosis to construction, defining the institutions, capital, and rules communities need to own, govern, and transfer value. Part of the Community Wealth Infrastructure Series (Working Paper No. 5), published by IIBD. Suggested citation: Williams, R., & Dillon, D. (2026). Building Community Wealth Infrastructure: The institutions, capital, and rules communities need to own, govern, and transfer value (Community Wealth Infrastructure Series, Working Paper No. 5). IIBD.