What is the potential of harnessing private financing such as hometown investment trust funds to fund infrastructure needs?
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About the Course
Infrastructure growth is increasingly crucial to economic development in Asia and the Pacific, yet private sector financing of new infrastructure projects is often limited due to high risks and low rates of return on such investments. This lecture describes new methods for attracting private investment in infrastructure. It also examines the importance of small and medium enterprises toward enhancing the impact of infrastructure investment in the region and the role big data-driven credit ratings and hometown investment trust funds can play in raising access to finance within the sector.
Unit 1: Spillover Effects of Infrastructure Investment
Unit 2: Case Studies: Philippines and Japan
Unit 3: Home Town Investment Trusts for Financing Infrastructure
Learning Objectives
Build understanding of new methods for igniting private sector infrastructure investment and small and medium enterprises financing access needed to deepen the impact of infrastructure projects.
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