English | Español Local governments in emerging, Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) cities, are facing a daunting task: expanding access to infrastructure services, with scarce financial resources, for fast-growing urban populations. While local expenditures have increased over the past decade in LAC (from 5.5% to 6.6% of GDP between 2000 and 2007), capital … [Read more...] about Financing Urban Infrastructure in Emerging Cities: Municipal Bonds
Luis Schloeter
Luis Schloeter is an urban economist with over 8 years of experience. He specializes in municipal infrastructure, real estate, and local economic development with a focus in strategic planning and financing. He has a track record in originating and managing urban infrastructure projects and conducting research on infrastructure and municipal finance, decentralization, and urban governance. Luis also has experience in the economic appraisal of infrastructure projects and Public-Private Partnerships. In Latin America, Luis managed a transit-oriented development and land value capture study for the delivery of the Carrera 80 tram project in Medellin, Colombia. In Costa Rica, he provided technical advice on a project finance study for a major urban regeneration and real estate project in San Jose. In Panama he supported strategic investment planning activities for infrastructure projects across several medium-sized cities. In the United Kingdom, Luis is leading an economic assessment study for the delivery of a 2,350-unit Green Garden Village project in Manchester. He is also working on a proposition paper for the designation of a Freeport area in the East Midlands. Recently, Luis supported the development of a strategic and economic case for the regeneration of a brownfield site in northern England, which will attract inward investment and create new jobs in high value industries. Luis is currently a Senior Economist at Vivid Economics’ Cities & Infrastructure team. Previously he was a Consultant at the Housing and Urban Development Division of the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, D.C. Luis holds an MSc in Urban Economic Development from University College London and a Master of Urban Planning from New York University. He is also a Certified Financial Modeling and Valuation Analyst.
Financing Urban Infrastructure in Emerging Cities: Public-Private Partnerships
English | Español In the first post of this series, we asked how cities can help close the infrastructure gap in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)—a US$250 billion annual gap—and looked at Manizales’ (Colombia) promising experience with betterment contributions to illustrate an untapped source of revenue for infrastructure financing in emerging cities. We will now look … [Read more...] about Financing Urban Infrastructure in Emerging Cities: Public-Private Partnerships
Financing Urban Infrastructure in Emerging Cities: Betterment Levies
English | Español Infrastructure is at the core of livable, sustainable cities. Access to and quality of infrastructure services can determine how long our commute is; the size of a city’s carbon footprint; and even our odds of getting sick, to say the least. It has been well established among urban economists that the availability of sound infrastructure is necessary for … [Read more...] about Financing Urban Infrastructure in Emerging Cities: Betterment Levies