Infrastructure Funds
Upcoming IP3 training courses on water and wastewater utility finance
The Institute for Public-Private Partnerships (IP3) has several upcoming courses on the financing of infrastructure services like water and wastewater. These include: Fundamentals of Utility Tariffs: Determining Revenue Needs and Structuring Rates (April 4, 2012 – May 18, 2012) – Online, US$950 Fundamentals of Infrastructure Project Finance (May 2, 2012 – June 15, 2012) – […]
Asian Development Bank invests in private equity water infrastructure fund
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is investing up to US$ 20 million for its first-ever investment in a private equity fund solely focused on supporting the development of water-related infrastructure in the region. ADB’s Board of Directors approved the equity investment in the Amkonzen Asia Water Fund which will invest in water and wastewater assets […]
Costa Rica: Arias inks bill to up state banks’ financing role
Costa Rica’s President Óscar Arias has signed into law a reform bill to allow state banks to increase to 20% from 6% the financing of infrastructure works. The new legislation aims to increase the number of public works and at a lower cost as the interest rates of state banks are lower. Private financial institutions […]
Local sources of financing for infrastructure in Africa : a cross-country analysis
Irving, J. and Manroth, A. (2009). Local sources of financing for infrastructure in Africa : a cross-country analysis. (Policy research working paper ; 4878). Washington, DC, USA, African Sustainable Development Front Office, World Bank. ii, 84 p. Download here With the exception of South Africa, local financial markets in sub-Saharan Africa remain underdeveloped and small, […]
Peru: pension funds to invest in infrastructure soon through trust
A trust created by Peru’s private pension fund managers (AFPs) to invest in infrastructure projects will soon start to operate, local daily Expreso reported. [These funds] have suffered greatly since the onset of the global financial crisis and they are now looking for more stable investment alternatives, like infrastructure. Peru’s state development bank Cofide will […]
Japan unveils $5 bln green loans for Asia at G20
Japan announced a $5 billion loan fund on Saturday [14 March 2009] to help developing nations, hard hit by the global credit crisis, to put in place running water, solar power systems and other environmental infrastructure. [...] Under the initiative, announced by [Finance Minister Kaoru] Yosano at the G20 [Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors […]
Latin America: IDB prepares first capitalization since 1995
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is carrying out studies to determine the magnitude of what will be its first capitalization since 1995, aimed at coping with Latin America’s future financing needs, the development bank’s president Luis Alberto Moreno told [news agency] BNamericas. The entity has tasked an advisory group led by former Peruvian prime minister […]
Peru: pension funds mull US$480mn infrastructure investments
Peru’s private pension fund managers, the AFPs, are considering investing some 1.5bn soles (US$480mn) in infrastructure projects. [...] Peruvian pension funds have invested in the Olmos water transfer project and [...] are particularly interested in investing in the Taboada water treatment plant [...] and the Huascacocha water transfer project. [...] Peru’s private pension fund industry […]
Colombia: water project benefits from government’s anti-crisis investment plan
Water and sanitation projects may benefit from government measures to combat the financial crisis by investing in infrastructure as recommended by the 2004 Nobel Prize winner for economics, Finn Erling Kyland, has recommended. Colombia’s Norte de Santander department, will receive 30bn pesos (US$12.2mn) for water and sanitation works as part national government’s anti-crisis investment plan. […]
Latin America: Pension funds a good alternative to finance infrastructure, water projects
Pension funds provide a good alternative to financing infrastructure development projects while strengthening local economies, K&M Engineering CEO Michael Kappaz said at the second CG/LA Global Infrastructure Leadership Forum. [The Forum was held in Washington, DC from December 10-12, 2009]. Kappaz mentioned Chile and Colombia as examples of mature economies with strong pension fund models […]
