Sebnem Erol Madan has been appointed as head of the World Bank’s newly merged financial structuring and PPP practice, based in Washington DC

The GET FiT Zambia secretariat, on behalf of the Zambian Ministry of Energy, has published a schedule for the second round of the GET FiT Zambia programme

The ADB’s board has approved an up to $500 million multi-tranche financing facility for water infrastructure in India's Tamil Nadu state

Peru will launch an infrastructure task force in partnership with the UK government on 27 September (2018) in order to define new rules to boost and professionalize the sector in the country

UK-based Standard Chartered has announced that it will no longer provide financing for new coal-fired power plants

Chicago-based due diligence adviser RedRidge Diligence Services has hired asset-based lending banker Andrew Robbins from RBS in London

Saudi Arabia is to become the third country to join the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CEPC) initiative, one of the flagship schemes of China's Belt & Road

The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) has committed $25 million in financing to the Solar Energy Transformation Fund (SETF) to assist off-grid solar developments across Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has appointed three regional directors for West and Central Africa, Eastern Africa and Southern Africa, respectively

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed a ¥2.635 billion ($23.4 million) grant agreement with Energy Development Corporation Limited (EDCL) for the third phase of a $9.1 million electricity supply improvement project in Kigali, Rwanda

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $40 million loan to develop a 41MW hybrid solar and wind farm with battery storage in western Mongolia

The government of Afghanistan has awarded the contract to develop a 40MW solar power plant to the IFC's PPP advisory service

Silicon producer Ferroglobe has increased its trade receivables securitization facility, arranged by Finacity and ING, from $250 million to $300 million

The Nepalese government has cancelled officially China Three Gorges’ $1.6 billion MoU to build the 750MW West Seti hydropower plant in north-west Nepal

Shearman & Sterling is to open an office in Seoul, pending regulatory approval from the South Korean Ministry of Justice

Egyptian mid-to-downstream developer Carbon Holdings has set a financial close target of Q1 2019 for its $10.9 billion petrochemicals complex

A group of 10 shortlisted banks submitted their preliminary offers to finance the 400MW Landivisiau combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plant in Brittany, France to sponsors Direct Energie Group and Siemens last week

The Asian Development Bank is to double its annual lending to the Philippines to $2 billion between 2018 and 2021

Bombardier Transportation has signed an MoU with the Malaysian Industry Government Group, an agency under the Malaysia Prime Minister’s office to develop Malaysia’s rail industry expertise over the next year