Tag: Infrastructure investment
Gracious Timothy Dunna: Be wary of India’s legal differences
Legal advisor with the Indian Ministry of Defence, notes that many contracts have clauses that will not apply to arbitration in India.
AfDB’s Lamin Barrow: Infrastructure faces “huge financial gap”
Lamin Barrow, the African Development Bank’s director general for its Nigeria Country Department, has told Africa’s infrastructure industry that there is a financing gap across the continent of almost $100bn per year.
Latin America launches cross-border project investor hub
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES), National Works and Public Services Bank of Mexico (Banobras) and the Latin American Association of Development Financing Institutions (ALIDE) create hub for investors.
AIIB and OPEC Fund form infrastructure finance partnership
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen investment.
World Bank backs Uzbek thermal power plant PPP
Uzbekistan signs PPP agreement for modern efficient thermal power plant in Syrdarya, with backing from the International Finance Corporation.
AIIB makes funding more affordable for developing nations
Creation of a Special Fund Window will make financing more affordable to less developed members alongside ongoing support for modern infrastructure investment.
Lyndon White: Construction contracts reflect a changed industry
With unprecedented investment going into global infrastructure, and projects becoming more complex, larger and cross-border – we speak with ADR expert Lyndon White about why he is developing an international collaborative contract with FIDIC.
IDB: $140m for road rehabilitation in Dominican Republic
Inter-American Development Bank approves loan for highway rehabilitation and maintenance Programme to boost nation's connectivity.
How do we address water scarcity and ground water depletion?
Marking World Water Day, three CEOs – Ramboll’s Jens-Peter Saul, WSP’s Mark Naysmith, and FIDIC’s Nelson Ogunshakin - talk about the speed with which water poverty can be ended and how we avoid groundwater source depletion.
OECD launches Blue Dot prototype
Industry leaders and governments launch certification for infrastructure project sustainability. But what is Blue Dot and will it work?
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