500 kV Mantaro-Nueva Yanango-Carapongo Interconnection and Associated Substations

The project allows the reinforcement of the transmission system in the central zone of the country, as well as the evacuation of surplus generation from the Mantaro zone towards Lima, foreseen in the new generation projects that will start operations in that area.

The project company signed the concession contract with the Peruvian State on September 19, 2017. The contract expires after 30 years from the date the service becomes operational.

Guidelines for Implementing Asset Recycling Transactions (Download PDF version) - Now Available!

This document provides a set of step-by-step guidelines (the Guidelines) for relevant authorities to monetize existing assets by recycling them through long-term concession or lease arrangements. The development of the Guidelines has been informed by best practices gleaned from programs implemented by various countries.  

The Guidelines are structured as follows: 

Identifying the ‘greenium’: How UNDP is contributing to a more efficient cost of capital for developing countries

Global indebtedness has been growing in recent years and has been further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many developing countries are now facing the triple challenge of climate change, unsustainable debt burdens and COVID impacts. According to UNDP analysis: “Most vulnerable countries identified are not on the verge of a default, but rather risk facing a future of high economic and development costs of having to deal with large debt overhangs.

Emerging Market Green Bonds Report 2020: On the Road to Green Recovery

Key findings of this report:

The economic fallout caused by COVID-19 has greatly affected EMs, which will experience widely divergent recovery paths. Recovery measures could create significant opportunities for green and sustainability-related projects by prioritizing largescale public investment in green sectors and encouraging private sector investment through supportive policies.

The Role of National Development Banks in Catalyzing International Climate Finance

This publication discusses the unique role that National development banks (NDBs) could play in scaling up private financing for climate change mitigation projects through the intermediation of international and national public climate finance in their respective local credit markets and the conditions that would be needed for them to be most effective. It draws from experiences in international climate finance and best practices, processes, and products of NDBs within the Latin American and Caribbean region.