TY  - BOOK
AU  - Annez, Patricia Clarke & others
TI  - Lessons for the urban century : decentralized infrastructure finance in the world bank
SN  - 0821375245
U1  - 363.6 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Washington D.C.
PB  - World Bank
N1  - Contents Foreword  ix Acknowledgments  xi About the Authors  xiii Abbreviations and Acronyms  xv Executive Summary  xix Chapter 1Introduction and Objective  1 The Role of Demographics  2 The Role of Decentralization  5 The Role of Financial Liberalization  6 Objective of this Review of Experience  7 Chapter 2Trends and Structure of Urban Infrastructure Funds (UIFs)  9 Composition of UIFs by Sector Board over Time  10 Long-Term Trends in the Volume of UIF Lending  11 ChapterS  Performance of UIFs  17 Chapter 4UIF Design: Options for Intermediation Strategy  21 Chapter 5 Learning from Experience in Project Design 31 Transplanting the Line of Credit Model in Sub-Saharan Africa 31 South Asia: Adapting the Credit Model 36 Rethinking Support for Local Infrastructure Investment: Municipal Grants and Social Funds 37 Supporting Municipal Infrastructure Investment in Centralized Systems 43 Commercial Banks and the Development of Sustainable Municipal Credit Systems 46 Chapter 6  Agenda for Future Work 51 Chapter 7Conclusions 63 Appendix 1 Methodology for Selecting and Identifying Urban Infrastructure Funds Financed by the World Bank 69 Appendix 2  List of UIFs Reviewed 75 Appendix 3  List of Currencies Available for Swaps from IBRD Loans as of January 3, 2008 83 References 85 Index 89 Boxes 4.1  A Model of Market-Oriented Reform: Credit Local de France  24 6.1  Monitoring Municipal Financial Market Development: The Czech Republic 58 Figures 1.1.  Urban versus Rural Population Growth Worldwide through 20303 1.2.  World Urban Population Growth through 2030: Low- and Middle-Income versus High-Income Countries 3 1.3.  Distribution of World Urban Population Growth through 2015 by City Size 4 1.4.  Selected Mega Cities' Growth Rates through 2010  5 2.1.UIF Commitments by Region and Sector Board 10 2.2.UIF Commitments by Country10 2.3. Annual UIF Commitments by Sector Board11 2.4.Trends in Total Urban Infrastructure Fund Lending-Annual Averages 11 2.5.Trends in Annual Average Urban Infrastructure Fund Lending by Infrastructure and Non-infrastructure Sector Boards 12 2.6  Trends in Annual Average Project Size 13 2.7.UIF Lending Projects 14 2.8.UIF Grant Projects 14 3.1.Outcome Ratings for UIFs 18 3.2. Selected Outcome Ratings for UIFs by Sector Board 18 3.3. Disbursements as a Percentage of Commitments for UIFs 19 3.4. Loan Recoveries in UIFs: Reporting and Repayment Rates by Institutional Arrangement 20 4.1. Loan Financing versus Grant Financing of Subprojects by Sector Board 27 4.2. Development Objective: Development of Municipal Credit Market by Sector Board 28 4.3. Development Objective: Development of Municipal Credit Market over Time 28 A1.1  World Bank Project Approvals: FY1971-FY200670 Tables 1.1. UIFs by Region 7 4.1. Financial Intermediation versus Poverty-Oriented Grants 27 5.1. Municipal On-Lending Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa 33 5.2. Municipal Grants and Infrastructure Programs  40 ALL UIF Projects by Region 72
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