Practice Areas
The Near Northeast team has been on the forefront of policy development and transaction execution across sectors.
strategic development and financial program design
- Policy and regulatory review/gap analysis;
- Public-private partnership identification and program design;
- Budget, political economy, and strategic options (e.g., alternatives to PPPs) analysis;
- Governance, capacity building, and performance measurement;
- Structuring of guarantees, debt, funds, financial options, insurance, equity and grants; and
- Training, workshops, monitoring and evaluation.
Sustainable cities and infrastructure resilience
- Energy efficiency and retrofitting;
- Urbanization and community planning;
- Competitiveness and SME development;
- Adaptation and resilience;
- Water and sanitation; and
- Distributed energy and micro-grids.
Private capital mobilization and transaction support
- Investment fund design and implementation;
- Incentivizing private investment, including role of MDBs;
- Institutional investment and green bonds;
- Project risk mitigation and political risk insurance;
- Market evaluations and private capital liaising; and
- Private sector fundraising, project development and financial product innovation.
industry specific solutions (Energy, transportation, water, and agriculture)
- Sustainable and renewable energy solutions;
- Roads, ports, airports and other infrastructure development;
- Small-scale/distributed infrastructure solutions;
- Natural resource utilization and balance of payments;
- Energy efficiency (in industrial and agricultural sectors as well as buildings, services, transport, and energy-related products;
- Smart grid operations and R&D/innovation; and
- Energy exchange markets.