In 2000 the UK government, through the Department for International Development (DFID), reached the conclusion that it made sense to use aid financing to help mitigate risks that constrained private-sector investment in badly needed infrastructure development, improvement, and expansion in...

In recent years the renegotiation and, even more, the cancellation of private infrastructure projects in developing countries have made the headlines in the world's financial press. For a variety of reasons the renegotiation of projects is not an unusual occurrence. But as this Note explains,...

This edition of Gridlines discusses how unsolicited proposals may contribute to the overall infrastructure goals of countries, particularly where governments have limited technical and financial capacity to develop projects. It also points out those unsolicited proposals can pose challenges and...