Addressing constraints to private financing of urban (climate) infrastructure in developing countries

Financing small-scale infrastructure investments in developing countries

In most developing countries a shortage of long-term, local-currency fi nancing for small-scale infrastructure projects impedes local economic development. Inadequate fi scal transfers, little own source revenue and low creditworthiness make it diffi cult for local governments to fully fund projects on their own. Th is paper proposes the use of project fi nance as a means to attract fi nancing ...

Private financing of public infrastructure

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Financing Green Urban Infrastructure

This paper presents an overview of practices and challenges related to financing green sustainable cities. Cities are essential actors in stimulating green infrastructure; and urban finance is one of the promising ways in which this can be achieved. Cities are key investors in infrastructure with green potential, such as buildings, transport, water and waste. Their main revenue sources, such as...

Comparative Appraisal of Multilateral and Bilateral Approaches to Financing Private Sector Development in Developing Countries

This paper identifies the rationale behind the emergence of private sector development (PSD) as a special area of development assistance. It describes PSD policies’ main elements and instruments and provides an overview of the differences and similarities between the PSD activities of bilateral and multilateral development agencies. In so doing it asks whether agencies’ apparent reliance on the...

Health financing in developing and transitional countries