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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Infrastructure Finance"”.
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Role of capital markets in global infrastructure finance
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1996.
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Water Infrastructure finance in Nambia: Analysing the participation of State and non-State actors
… Therefore, there is a need to provide more water infrastructure. Lack of adequate water infrastructures, most prevalent in the developing countries, negatively affects sufficient supply of clean drinking water and provision of basic sanitation. Infrastructure forms the basic medium for water …
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Infrastructure finance in Africa through the Public Private Partnership (PPP): Is the Lekki-Epe Toll Road (Nigeria) economically sustainable?
… 1. To review the existing academic literature on infrastructure finance, particularly in the area of road construction and the economic models adopted in the financing process. 2. To determine whether the accruing benefits from the concession of Lekki-Epe Expressway out-weighed the cost of …
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A települési infrastuktúrafejlesztés finanszírozásának gyakorlata Magyarországon. Az önkormányzati beruházási hajlandóság előrejelzésének modellezése = The practice of municipal infrastructure finance in Hungary. Modelling municipal investment activity
Magyarország a közép-európai átmeneti gazdaságok között a reformok végrehajtását, azokon belül is az önkormányzatokat érintő, decentralizációt segítő reformokat tekintve élenjáró országnak számít. A törvényhozás az állami adminisztrációt decentralizálta, a magán- és a közszféra többé nem egymástól …
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Financing infrastructure projects
Infrastructure is of great importance to the development and economic growth of communities. Due to the increased demand on sophisticated infrastructure, governments' budgets are not anymore able to satisfy this growing need. The role of the private sector in infrastructure finance is essential, …
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The impact of public infrastructure investment on economic growth in Thailand
This study investigates the effects of public infrastructure investment on economic growth under Thailand‟s fiscal sustainability framework. A recursive supply-side model based on the Standard Neoclassical Model framework is used using Thai national data on public revenue (taxes, non-tax revenue …
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Stimulating Nevada's Highway Infrastructure and the Use of Debt Financing Instruments
This paper assesses Nevada's Highway Infrastructure and the role of financial instruments in developing Nevada's Highway Infrastructure. As Americas' single greatest asset necessary for every aspect of the U.S. economy infrastructure provides a new standard to that allows resources for the future. …
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The Municipal Bond Market and Water Utilities: The Impact of Capital Markets on Local Communities and their Water Services
… on the 4 trillion USD municipal bond market to finance all or a portion of their operations, maintenance, and capital improvements. Despite the scale and power of the bond market in setting the guardrails for water utilities and local government services, there are limited studies that center …
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The private sector's capacity to manage climate risks and finance carbon neutral energy infrastructure
… sector's capacity to manage climate risks and finance carbon neutral energy infrastructure. The dissertation examines (a) potential risks posed by climate change to private sector investment in critical infrastructure, (b) the potential effectiveness of standard private contractual methods for …
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Healthcare infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships in Developing Countries : the Queen 'Mamohato Hospital in Lesotho
… found their application in the sector of health infrastructure. The objective of this paper is to determine whether PPPs are a viable option for health infrastructure projects in developing countries. For this purpose, the author discusses and describes PPPs in general and specifies features of …
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Between State and Market: China's Development Banking in Comparative Perspective
… decades, China has been massively financing infrastructure projects around the world, building highways, railways, bridges, power plants and ports both domestically and overseas. Conventional wisdom sees this infrastructure boom as a typical story of state-led development, which is to a large …
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Resource-for-Infrastructure Investment agreements between resource-rich Sub-Saharan African Countries and corporate developers : a cooperative pursuit of mutual interest poisoned chalice?
Infrastructure acts as a catalyst for human and economic development, and is also critical to the general functioning of society. It defines a country?s business competitiveness and also creates jobs. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is generally behind most developing regions on most standard indicators …
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A critical analysis of the use of blended finance for public infrastructure development in South Africa: The IIPSA Case Study
… and address increasingly growing public infrastructure development demand. Blended finance, as a subject on alternative financing for public infrastructure finance, has gained popularity in developing counties with poor balance sheets and deteriorating sovereign credit ratings, as an …
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A critical analysis of the use of blended finance for public infrastructure development in South Africa: The IIPSA Case Study
… and address increasingly growing public infrastructure development demand. Blended finance, as a subject on alternative financing for public infrastructure finance, has gained popularity in developing counties with poor balance sheets and deteriorating sovereign credit ratings, as an …
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Is renewable engery a suitable investment choice for South African non-bank institutional investors?
… very little academic material dealing with RE or infrastructure finance and investment. The implications of this study are therefore crucial in helping set the basis for the development of future theories around this and related topics. Interview discussions and review of other material revealed …
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Understanding the effects of changes in banking regulations on infrastructure financing in South Africa
… impacted commercial banks' appetite for infrastructure financing. It also aims to determine whether the reforms increased infrastructure debt pricing for borrowers, drove up related costs borne by the banks, and whether they were implemented by the local regulator, the Prudential …
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Effectiveness of Contemporary Public-Private Partnerships for Large Scale Infrastructure in the United States
… maintain and improve the nation's transportation infrastructure since budgetary challenges constrain potential options. One method of tapping into alternative sources of capital is the public-private partnership (PPP or P3). A public-private partnership is a long-term contractual agreement in …
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Accounting for the C/city: analyzing Kisumu's fiscal configurations
Urban public finance is a hidden force shaping cities and their development. This thesis draws attention to the powerful insights which can be gained from studying cities through a fiscal lens. It argues for an interdisciplinary and relational approach which infuses the fiscal study of cities with …
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GEOGRAPHY AND CYBERSPACE. THE FORGOTTEN RELEVANCE OF TERRITORY FOR DIGITAL POWER
… the global distribution and topology of core infrastructures? Second, to what extent does the pursuit of cyber power translate into territorial strategies of governance by great powers? The design is mixed-methods. Chapter I offers a critical genealogy of cyberspace that dismantles the …