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It is human nature to always think and believe that we know it all, but it is really interesting to note how much we don’t know when we continue reading, researching and

In this article we continue with our discussion on credit enhancement and risk mitigation instruments to facilitate infrastructure investments. We take a particular look at the role of Export Credit Agencies, commonly

In recent articles we have spoken about credit enhancement to accelerate infrastructure investment. Our experience in the African market has shown that credit enhancement is critical to attract foreign direct investment towards

One of the central challenges we face in infrastructure development is to understand the interplay between political forces and economic forces. Political power and the power of free enterprise run in parallel

Sovereign guarantees are given by host governments to assure project lenders that the government will take certain actions or refrain from taking certain actions affecting the project.

Most great cities were established and grew due to a place-based function. Ports such as London and Cairo hosted trade by ship for millennia. Some cities were defensive centers in strategic locations,

In a previous article, we reviewed Kingdon’s theories about the multiple-stream policy process. His theories revolve around the idea that some projects are pushed to success when three “streams” converge – the