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Harvesting Opportunities and Overcoming Implementation Constraints

Mar 9th, 2012 | By mariekirsten
Harvesting Opportunities and Overcoming Implementation Constraints

   Government and the private sector have engaged in a frank exchange of views on planning and implementation of South Africa’s new infrastructure development programme,
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Update on the South African Cities Network (SACN) study into financing for infrastructure in the Southern African region

Mar 8th, 2011 | By Administrator

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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Infrastructure Dialogues Update

Feb 15th, 2011 | By Administrator

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.



SPAID: Mid Year Update: 2010

Aug 13th, 2010 | By Administrator

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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South African Cities Network studies financing for infrastructure in the Southern African Region

Jul 19th, 2010 | By Administrator

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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