Sustainable Infrastructure Financing for Small Towns in China : Approaches to Attract Long-Term Capital for Small-Scale Infrastructure Projects

China has experienced rapid urbanization in the past three decades, which has successfully brought unparalleled economic growth, employment creation and improvement in living standards. This paper is focused on exploring the feasibility of establis...

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Main Authors: Campanaro, Alessandra, Reja, Binyam
Format: Technical Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/108261510833715673/Sustainable-infrastructure-financing-for-small-towns-in-China-approaches-to-attract-long-term-capital-for-small-scale-infrastructure-projects
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spelling okr-10986-289482021-05-25T10:54:40Z Sustainable Infrastructure Financing for Small Towns in China : Approaches to Attract Long-Term Capital for Small-Scale Infrastructure Projects Campanaro, Alessandra Reja, Binyam INFRASTRUCTURE SMALL TOWNS FINANCE INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE MUNICIPAL FINANCE China has experienced rapid urbanization in the past three decades, which has successfully brought unparalleled economic growth, employment creation and improvement in living standards. This paper is focused on exploring the feasibility of establishing a pooled Infrastructure Financing Facility (IFF) at the sub-national level to provide sustainable long-term finance to infrastructure projects in small towns. The paper reviews China’s fiscal and infrastructure financing system, including the 2014 amendment of China’s Budget Law and associated regulations, presents an overview of pooled IFFs, and explores the potential application of a pooled financing facility in China, specifically for urban infrastructure projects in the greater Shanghai region. 2017-12-05T19:33:25Z 2017-12-05T19:33:25Z 2017-11 Technical Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/108261510833715673/Sustainable-infrastructure-financing-for-small-towns-in-China-approaches-to-attract-long-term-capital-for-small-scale-infrastructure-projects http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28948 English Urban Development Series Knowledge Papers;No. 25 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper East Asia and Pacific China
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topic INFRASTRUCTURE
SMALL TOWNS
FINANCE
INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE
MUNICIPAL FINANCE
spellingShingle INFRASTRUCTURE
SMALL TOWNS
FINANCE
INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE
MUNICIPAL FINANCE
Campanaro, Alessandra
Reja, Binyam
Sustainable Infrastructure Financing for Small Towns in China : Approaches to Attract Long-Term Capital for Small-Scale Infrastructure Projects
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
China
relation Urban Development Series Knowledge Papers;No. 25
description China has experienced rapid urbanization in the past three decades, which has successfully brought unparalleled economic growth, employment creation and improvement in living standards. This paper is focused on exploring the feasibility of establishing a pooled Infrastructure Financing Facility (IFF) at the sub-national level to provide sustainable long-term finance to infrastructure projects in small towns. The paper reviews China’s fiscal and infrastructure financing system, including the 2014 amendment of China’s Budget Law and associated regulations, presents an overview of pooled IFFs, and explores the potential application of a pooled financing facility in China, specifically for urban infrastructure projects in the greater Shanghai region.
format Technical Paper
author Campanaro, Alessandra
Reja, Binyam
author_facet Campanaro, Alessandra
Reja, Binyam
author_sort Campanaro, Alessandra
title Sustainable Infrastructure Financing for Small Towns in China : Approaches to Attract Long-Term Capital for Small-Scale Infrastructure Projects
title_short Sustainable Infrastructure Financing for Small Towns in China : Approaches to Attract Long-Term Capital for Small-Scale Infrastructure Projects
title_full Sustainable Infrastructure Financing for Small Towns in China : Approaches to Attract Long-Term Capital for Small-Scale Infrastructure Projects
title_fullStr Sustainable Infrastructure Financing for Small Towns in China : Approaches to Attract Long-Term Capital for Small-Scale Infrastructure Projects
title_full_unstemmed Sustainable Infrastructure Financing for Small Towns in China : Approaches to Attract Long-Term Capital for Small-Scale Infrastructure Projects
title_sort sustainable infrastructure financing for small towns in china : approaches to attract long-term capital for small-scale infrastructure projects
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/108261510833715673/Sustainable-infrastructure-financing-for-small-towns-in-China-approaches-to-attract-long-term-capital-for-small-scale-infrastructure-projects
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