Private sector capital essential to close ‘huge’ infra finance gap

Phil Thornton

April 11, 2019 07:45 pm

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Urgent action is needed to attract private sector lenders to fill the shortfall in infrastructure finance and ensure low income countries meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs), according to leading figures from development banks, the private sector and thinktanks.

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