LATEST ISSUE - December 2009/January 2010 Testing tenders
Despite the breadth and depth of financed projects within the Middle East, procurement processes still vary widely country to country. Paul Smith examines tendering successes, failures and procurer responses to a less benign lending environment.
FEATURES New infrastructure lending initiatives hit and miss
Which government and multilateral responses to the credit crunch worked best? Which ones worked quickly enough?
And which will remain features of infrastructure finance beyond the recovery? Tom Nelthorpe reports.
Can Virginia's new governor move PPP up a gear?
It has led the way for US PPP since the 1990s, but Virginia's project pipeline has slowed down. The credit crisis has created a funding gap, and the commonwealth is struggling to respond. Miles Lang reports.
