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World Water Day. The Kigali Bulk Water Concession: Meeting the challenges of private investment in water infrastructure
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24 Mar 2020

World Water Day. The Kigali Bulk Water Concession: Meeting the challenges of private investment in water infrastructure

For World Water Day, James Leigland, PIDG TA Advisor, explains how a pioneering water concession in the city of Kigali and a nearby district in the Eastern Province of Rwanda, illustrates some of the key characteristics of long-term, capital-intensive public-private partnerships (PPPs), in difficult sectors like water and sanitation.

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Read the summary report of @OECDdev's Private Finance for Sustainable Development (#PF4SD) Conference held in January, in which PIDG CEO,@PhilippeValahu is quoted on his take on aligning finance with the SDGs. https://t.co/PktEXhuXYL

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Following #WorldWaterDay2020, we take a closer look at how PIDG company @InfracoAfrica's Kalangala Infrastructure Services water project in #Uganda is changing lives. Read tap manager Nabukenya Goreti's story here: https://t.co/2XfC1ir16Q

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25 Mar

In a blog for #WorldWaterDay, James Leigland, PIDG TA Advisor, explains how the pioneering #Kigali Bulk Water Concession illustrates some of the key characteristics of long-term, capital-intensive PPPs, in difficult sectors like water & sanitation. Read: https://t.co/O0peKm56ns

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PIDG established to address a series of market failures

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