Charles Hardeman, an Associate Consultant of GDP Global, is also CEO of Santerre Ltd. (www.santerre-ltd.com). The company specializes in providing services in infrastructure development and business management. Prior to his …
Mike Gourlay is an Associate Consultant of GDP Global. He is also a non executive director and an independent consultant specialising in foreign direct investment. He has over 35 years of international business experience, more than half of which was spent …
Most analysts believe that the credit crunch is likely to be with us through 2008 at least, and, as a result, project finance lenders for infrastructure developments, including Public Private Partnership (PPP) deals, are assessing which sectors are suitable for their …
Inflationary Pressures are Preventing Central Banks from Easing Financial Stresses -
The Good News (and the Bad) for PPP’s and PFI in the UK.
There has been a lot written and discussed recently about the UK Government’s “Sustainable Investment …
At the beginning of this month, the UK government changed the rules for profit sharing for the development of infrastructure in partnership with private companies under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI), known elsewhere as public private partnership (PPP).
Almost 800 projects, worth …
Infrastructure Development Opportunities Emerge from the Downturn in the Gulf
Amidst the celebratory fireworks at the launch of Dubai’s 1,500 room Hotel Atlantis in November, there were less than celebratory murmurings about the state of the countries economy, …
Despite the global financial and economic difficulties, Abu Dhabi is continuing to develop the Masdar Initiative – to pursue “solutions to some of mankind’s most pressing issues: energy security, climate change and truly sustainable human development”.
What’s the PPP angle? Well, the government of Abu Dhabi is …
… If PFI Projects are to Proceed in the UK.
As reported in an earlier paper (see August and November 2008 blogs), many building projects under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) in the UK, in which the private sector and their bankers develop and fund major infrastructure projects and …
Some countries have massive Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs), state-owned investment vehicles. Nowadays they are considered as a massive source for financing of FDI. The six largest SWFs represent approximately 75% of the $3 trillion SWF market. SWFs …