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 se incorporó a la Iniciativa de Ciudades Emergentes y Sostenibles del BID en septiembre de 2015. Previamente, se desempeñó como Director Regional de Ashoka Venezuela e Investigador Asociado del Laboratorio de Acción Contra la Pobreza del MIT. Luis se especializa en descentralización fiscal, financiamiento de infraestructura urbana y desarrollo económico urbano. Luis cuenta con una Maestría en Desarrollo Económico Urbano de la University College London (UCL) y una Maestría en Planificación Urbana con una especialización en Desarrollo Internacional de New York University (NYU). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Luis Schloeter joined IDB’s Emerging and Sustainable Cities Initiative in September 2015. Previously, he served as Regional Director of Ashoka Venezuela and Research Associate at MIT’s Poverty Action Lab. Luis specializes in fiscal decentralization, urban infrastructure finance and urban economic development. Luis has a MSc. of Urban Economic Development from University College London (UCL) and a Master of Urban Planning with a specialization in International Development from New York University (NYU).
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