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May 2013
The Equator Principles Association has agreed an update to its environmental guidelines for project finance developments, seven years after its last amendment.
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Panama has managed a major infrastructure investment programme from a small fiscal base through creative non-budgetary strategies. By Diego Ferrer, Grupo Verdeazul, and Mark Stumpf, Arnold & Porter.
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A Virginia circuit court judge has ruled that the project company for the Midtown Tunnel concession cannot levy tolls on users, throwing the concession, and Virginia's PPP programme into doubt.
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SNC Lavalin plans on selling more of its equity interests in infrastructure concessions, to focus primarily on its construction activities.
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Regional interest in newly-rehabilitated Myanmar is intense, especially from potential advisers. Despite recent reforms, government will need to overcome decades of turmoil and underinvestment. By Antony Collins
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Legal challenges have been one factor in the delays to Turkey’s health PPP programme. A new law is designed to ease the congestion. By Mehtap Yıldırım Öztürk, Çağdaş Evrim Ergün and Nigar Gökmen, Çakmak Avukatlık Bürosu.
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An influx of foreign project debt and equity would help reverse Egypt’s downward economic spiral. But political infighting and constrained local debt markets mean that Egypt’s project finance market is going nowhere fast. By Emma Lindsay.
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The Cape Wind offshore project comes to market 12 years after its announcement, and seven years after the first offshore wind project financing. Can it close in a shorter timeframe? Brian Eckhouse reports.
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April 2013
Brazil’s hydro and biomass sectors are wilting before the onslaught of wind capacity additions. So why are wind developers not happy? John Rumsey reports from São Paulo.