Title: Mobilising Finance for Infrastructure: Nigeria Case Study
Language: English
Type: Document
Nature: Case Study
Published: August 1, 2015
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Country: Nigeria
Topic: Financing and Risk Mitigation
Keywords: Knowledge Lab, Funding and Financing
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Document Summary:
This report provides an overview of the market for infrastructure finance in Nigeria (focusing on economic infrastructure sectors: energy, transport and water) using evidence gained from sixteen consultations held with stakeholders (in the period December 2014 to February 2015) and complementary desk-based research.
Document Details:
This report was produced by Cambridge Economic Policy Associates (CEPA) as part of a wide-ranging research programme funded by the Department for International Development (DFID) that explores the factors constraining the provision of private finance to support infrastructure investment in DFID’s focus countries.
This report provides an overview of the market for infrastructure finance in Nigeria (focusing on economic infrastructure sectors: energy, transport and water) using evidence gained from sixteen consultations held with stakeholders (in the period December 2014 to February 2015) and complementary desk-based research.
The study provides background on the key policy reforms implemented by the government of Nigeria in an attempt to provide a framework more conducive for private finance; an overview of the main transactions that have taken place across the different infrastructure sectors; and then sets out the findings on the main factors constraining increased private finance for infrastructure drawing largely on the views of stakeholders.
Updated: March 7, 2022