Adam Boehler, the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) chief executive, has joined officials from the Republic of Ecuador – including President Lenin Moreno and Finance and Economy Minister Mauricio Pozo Crespo – to sign a framework agreement to refinance debt and support private sector investment in the country
DEWA is set to announce that a Utico-led consortium is the preferred bidder for its restructured 120 migd Hassyan IWP project
The IFC has invited expressions of interest from consultancy firms for the technical advisory contract on a Nursery PPP project in Morocco
The transaction adviser to a solar energy project in Fiji Islands aims to enlarge its advisory team to assist with reaching the project's commercial close
The World Bank and the government of Madagascar have appointed Bamboo Capital Partners as the international fund manager of the $40 million Off-Grid Development Fund on the island nation
IDB Invest is preparing a second debt package for Chilean power companies impacted by last year's power price freeze
The House of Lords International Agreements Sub-Committee will meet this week – Wednesday (18 November) – to hear from the New Zealand High Commissioner on UK-NZ trade talks
Latin American power producer Celsia has requested an up-to-$60 million credit line from IDB Invest to mitigate the impact of Covid-19 measures on its businesses in Colombia.
The Asian Development Bank has launched a tender for technical advisers to prepare floating solar plus projects under the Pacific Renewable Energy Investment Facility in the Pacific Islands
Standard Chartered and CDC Group – the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor – today (13 November) announced an additional $100 million commitment to their existing master risk participation agreement
The European Commission has approved – under EU State aid rules – Scotland’s plans to set up a new national development bank, the Scottish National Investment Bank
One of the largest solar projects in sub-Saharan Africa to date, a complex of 7 solar farms with a combined capacity of 370MW in Angola has closed financing
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) this week signed an agreement with SeABank under the Trade and Supply Chain Finance Program (TSCFP) to support trade in Vietnam
Climate Fund Managers (CFM) and Energy Resources Senegal (ERS) have entered into a joint development agreement to develop a solar-plus-storage system in Niakhar, Senegal
Africa-focused telecoms company Helios Towers has requested a debt package of up to $200 million from IFC and up to $225 million in mobilization of parallel loans to support the firm’s expansion in the continent
A report by the Global Infrastructure Hub (GI Hub) has found that private investment in primary infrastructure has been in steady decline over the past decade
A World Bank report has been published evaluating how well developing-country governments fare in setting the regulatory stage to prepare, procure, and manage large infrastructure projects
A development finance institution today issued a request for expressions of interest from consultancy firms to assist on the project preparation of a proposed transport asset in Bangladesh
The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) and the Danish state railway company (DSB) have signed a loan agreement of €400 million to finance the acquisition of electric rolling stock to cover the period 2020–25
The EBRD, EU and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) are responding to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the Egyptian economy by boosting green finance and the development of value chains for the private sector
Saudi Arabia’s efforts to enforce the sweeping reforms of its economic, social, and cultural spheres is symbolised by its pursuit of singular large megaprojects – the objectives of which go to the heart of the House of Saud’s Vision 2030 initiative
As several of the Latin American countries that used to be favorites for foreign investors have become less hospitable and stable in recent months, market participants are taking a fresh look at Colombia and the opportunities it offers in power and renewables.
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