Investing in Sustainable Infrastructure in Latin America: Instruments, Strategies and Partnerships for Institutional Investors Mobilization

Despite the significant challenges in mobilizing investors resources towards sustainable infrasctrure investments in Latin America and the Carribbean, an investment opportunity in low carbon and resilient assets exists and represents a critical step towards a sustainable economic recovery from the financial duress due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts on health and economic systems of the region. This papers contribuition is two-fold: it attempts to estimate and size an ideal sustainable investable pipeline accross the region generated by several policies promoting public-private-partnerships (PPP) in the transport and energy sectors. Then it identifies and details different investment strategies and financial instruments available to institutional investors to invest in the region while mitigating the risks they perceived and hinder the mobilization of their resources. Such strategies discussed in the paper include: joint ventures with local counterparties, direct and active investments in the national markets, and/or access to markets via partnerships with development financial institutions.

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Main Author: Inter-American Development Bank
Other Authors: Giovanni Leo Frisari
Language:English
Published: Inter-American Development Bank
Subjects:Sustainable Infrastructure, Infrastructure Investment, Sustainable Development, Institutional Investor, Sustainability, Private Mobilization, Climate Change, Infrastructure Development, Climate Finance, Q20 - Renewable Resources and Conservation: General, G11 - Portfolio Choice • Investment Decisions, G15 - International Financial Markets, ESG Investments;Sustainable Infrastructure;Mobilization;Sustainable Finance,
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003676
https://publications.iadb.org/en/investing-sustainable-infrastructure-latin-america-instruments-strategies-and-partnerships
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