Private Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa in the First Half of 2011 Increased Compared to Recent Years

In the first semester of 2011, three new projects reached financial closure in Sub-Saharan Africa, representing investment commitments of US$697 million. Investment in the first semester of 2011 increased by 27 percent compared with the first semes...

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Main Author: Nicholas, Alexander
Format: Brief
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/02/16828634/private-investment-sub-saharan-africa-first-half-2011-increased-compared-recent-years
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spelling okr-10986-161802021-04-23T14:03:27Z Private Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa in the First Half of 2011 Increased Compared to Recent Years Nicholas, Alexander COMPANY CORPORATION CREDIT AGENCY DEBT DEVELOPMENT BANK ECONOMICS EXPORT CREDIT FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL PRODUCTS HOLDINGS INCOME INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INSURANCE JOINT VENTURE LIMITED LOAN LTD. POLITICAL RISK POLITICAL RISK INSURANCE PRIVATE INVESTMENT REGULATORY AUTHORITY RISK INSURANCE SPONSORS SUBSIDIARY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOLL TRANCHE TRANSPORT TRANSPORT PROJECTS URBAN DEVELOPMENT In the first semester of 2011, three new projects reached financial closure in Sub-Saharan Africa, representing investment commitments of US$697 million. Investment in the first semester of 2011 increased by 27 percent compared with the first semester of 2010, and has risen steadily since the financial crisis of 2008. By number of projects, activity in 2011 decreased by 50 percent compared with the first semester of 2010 indicating fewer, larger projects. The three projects in Sub-Saharan Africa were notable for their use of financial products from multilateral and bilateral agencies. 2013-10-16T15:53:01Z 2013-10-16T15:53:01Z 2012-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/02/16828634/private-investment-sub-saharan-africa-first-half-2011-increased-compared-recent-years http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16180 English en_US PPI Data Update Note;No. 72 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Sub-Saharan Africa
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topic COMPANY
CORPORATION
CREDIT AGENCY
DEBT
DEVELOPMENT BANK
ECONOMICS
EXPORT CREDIT
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL PRODUCTS
HOLDINGS
INCOME
INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
INSURANCE
JOINT VENTURE
LIMITED
LOAN
LTD.
POLITICAL RISK
POLITICAL RISK INSURANCE
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
REGULATORY AUTHORITY
RISK INSURANCE
SPONSORS
SUBSIDIARY
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TOLL
TRANCHE
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT PROJECTS
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
spellingShingle COMPANY
CORPORATION
CREDIT AGENCY
DEBT
DEVELOPMENT BANK
ECONOMICS
EXPORT CREDIT
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL PRODUCTS
HOLDINGS
INCOME
INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
INSURANCE
JOINT VENTURE
LIMITED
LOAN
LTD.
POLITICAL RISK
POLITICAL RISK INSURANCE
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
REGULATORY AUTHORITY
RISK INSURANCE
SPONSORS
SUBSIDIARY
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TOLL
TRANCHE
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT PROJECTS
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Nicholas, Alexander
Private Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa in the First Half of 2011 Increased Compared to Recent Years
geographic_facet Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
relation PPI Data Update Note;No. 72
description In the first semester of 2011, three new projects reached financial closure in Sub-Saharan Africa, representing investment commitments of US$697 million. Investment in the first semester of 2011 increased by 27 percent compared with the first semester of 2010, and has risen steadily since the financial crisis of 2008. By number of projects, activity in 2011 decreased by 50 percent compared with the first semester of 2010 indicating fewer, larger projects. The three projects in Sub-Saharan Africa were notable for their use of financial products from multilateral and bilateral agencies.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Nicholas, Alexander
author_facet Nicholas, Alexander
author_sort Nicholas, Alexander
title Private Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa in the First Half of 2011 Increased Compared to Recent Years
title_short Private Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa in the First Half of 2011 Increased Compared to Recent Years
title_full Private Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa in the First Half of 2011 Increased Compared to Recent Years
title_fullStr Private Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa in the First Half of 2011 Increased Compared to Recent Years
title_full_unstemmed Private Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa in the First Half of 2011 Increased Compared to Recent Years
title_sort private investment in sub-saharan africa in the first half of 2011 increased compared to recent years
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/02/16828634/private-investment-sub-saharan-africa-first-half-2011-increased-compared-recent-years
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