As recession and scandals continue to blight the region's economy, can Latin America’s infrastructure needs dovetail with those of international banks and investors? Silvia Pavoni reports.
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A road to nowhere? Latin America's new infrastructure game
April 1, 2016With low economic growth and high interest rates denting the appeal of Latin America’s infrastructure to lenders and investors, Silvia Pavoni looks at how infrastructure finance in the region will be affected.

The infrastructure bottleneck holding Asia back
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Have PPPs reached a dead end in western Europe?
February 1, 2016A dearth of greenfield infrastructure opportunities combined with unsupportive governments have burst the public-private partnership bubble in western Europe, with deal flow decreasing dramatically from its peak in 2007. Stefanie Linhardt reports on whether this trend will prove to be terminal.

Home comforts: why Africans are increasingly investing in Africa
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Latin America's infrastructure renaissance?
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Latam starts bridging the infrastructure gap
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Paraguay finance minister looks to make better connections
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Infrastructure: a new asset class?
December 1, 2014The funding of infrastructure projects by institutional investors is a topic being hotly debated right now. While the hurdles for institutional parties looking at such opportunities are many, there is a growing feeling that in such a low-interest-rate environment, their potentially high yields make them worth the risk and effort.