The joint SACN/World Bank/Private Public Infrastructure Advisory Fund (PPIAF) study into municipal finances for infrastructure in the SADC region held a reference group meeting on the 27 of January 2011. Its intent was to among others, test some of the outputs with knowledgeable practitioners in the field.  Among the outputs that were considered were credit
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The Infrastructure Dialogues have been running since June 2009 and continue to attract a variety of stakeholders from the public and private sectors categorised as government (national, provincial and local), academic, private sector and other stakeholders both at events held at the DBSA and online on the interactive website.

Exciting progress in 2010 The SPAID programme continues to see good progress with some exciting new developments occurring in the first six months of this year. Set out below is an overview of the key highlights of the last six months and plans for the remainder of 2010. The Infrastructure Dialogues project The Infrastructure Dialogues
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The South African Cities Network (SACN) has just commissioned a study that looks into ways municipalities and sub-national entities within the Southern African region can harness financial resources to fund infrastructure development. This is borne out of the fact that Africa’s infrastructure deficit is large, growing and needs financing to close the existing substantial gaps.
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