Green Infrastructure Finance

Baietti, Aldo; Shlyakhtenko, Andrey; Rocca, Roberto La; Patel, Urvaksh D.

doi:10.1596/978-0-8213-9488-5

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“…Furthermore, societies fail to prosper economically because of high fiscal deficit (inadequate supply of public facilities and services), which in turn makes it difficult for households to pay user charges (KPMG, 2010). Baietti et al (2012) also shares that Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development estimated that US$71tn will be required for water infrastructure, rail, telecoms, road and electricity in 2030, clearly showing that the infrastructure investment deficits of developing economies are far from being over. To effectively reduce the investment deficits, innovative financing (IF) solutions are required.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…The World Bank Group (2011) defines IF as a combination of different existing financing mechanisms developed into a new framework in a different context to provide additional funds to finance the replacement and upgrading of infrastructure assets. The expected outcomes of the conceptualised framework of financing include efficiency of financial flows, reduction of delivery time and costs and the establishment of a direct link between financial flows and measurable performance (Baietti et al , 2012). Encouraged IF solutions include public–private partnerships (PPPs), municipal bonds, loan guarantees, low-interest loans and credit options available to all spheres of governmental projects (US Department of Transportation, 2004; Dirie, 2005; Ploeg and Casey, 2008; Ruiters and Matji, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Analysis on the perceived occurrence of challenges delaying the delivery of water infrastructure assets in South Africa

Dithebe

Aigbavboa

Thwala

et al. 2019

JEDT

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Purpose Minimal private participation for infrastructure development continues to affect developing economies like South Africa. This study aims to determine the perceived occurrence of challenges delaying the delivery of water infrastructure assets and the role of both public and private financing for infrastructure development. Design/methodology/approach Quantitative approach was used, and questionnaires were administered to stakeholders that have participated in delivering water infrastructure assets in South Africa. Of the 96 returned questionnaires, 91 were usable, representing 61 per cent response rate. Data from the survey were analysed using descriptive and exploratory factor analyses. The reliability test represented a value of 0.945, indicating internal consistency. Findings Data analysis revealed that corruption, hostility, weak project structuring, high fiscal deficits by state government, cost recovery constraints, high credit risk for private financing and unreliable planning and procurement processes are major challenges delaying the delivery of water infrastructure assets. More so, municipal government remains the key custodian of water infrastructure delivery with limited support from private capital as a result of political administrative instability, legislation and policy uncertainty and inadequate risk-adjusted returns. Originality/value Emphasis should be made on eradicating corruption and non-transparent financial management to improve municipal creditworthiness and amending and implementing much improved legislation and foreign inclusion. Additionally, financial models to complement the existing mechanisms of financing water infrastructure projects should be sought and used. Complete eradication of infrastructure challenges envisages to reduce fiscal deficits, improve service delivery and enhance the competitiveness and productivity of the economy.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Analysis on the perceived occurrence of challenges delaying the delivery of water infrastructure assets in South Africa

Dithebe

Aigbavboa

Thwala

et al. 2019

JEDT

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“…Importantly, the use of the term ‘infrastructure’ in GI draws an analogy between areas of natural or semi-natural ecosystems with manmade infrastructures, the basic physical elements and structures essential to society reflecting a systemic notion of interconnected elements rather than isolated spaces (Benedict and McMahon, 2002; Thomas and Littlewood, 2010). GI has been also used as synonym for or to include sustainable infrastructure (Carlet, 2015; Mell, 2013; Young et al., 2014), green investments (Baietti et al., 2012) or a focus on ‘greening’ urban areas (e.g. Horwood, 2011; Matthews et al., 2015; Tzoulas et al., 2007; Young et al., 2014).…”

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Can green infrastructure help to conserve biodiversity?

Salomaa

Paloniemi

Kotiaho

et al. 2016

Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space

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The gradually decreasing connectivity of habitats threatens biodiversity and ecological processes valuable to humans. Green infrastructure is promoted by the European Commission as a key instrument for the conservation of ecosystems in the EU biodiversity strategy to 2020. Green infrastructure has been defined as a network of natural and semi-natural areas, designed and managed to deliver a wide range of ecosystem services. We surveyed Finnish experts' perceptions on the development of green infrastructure within the existing policy framework. Our results show that improving the implementation of existing conservation policy instruments needs to be an integral part of developing green infrastructure. Despite the potential of green infrastructure to benefit biodiversity, existing conceptual ambiguity of green infrastructure with rather complex role of ecosystem services -and the possible interpretation of this in practice -raises concerns regarding its ability to contribute to biodiversity conservation.

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“…Heparanase also participates in the secretion of exosomes, which are membrane-bound extracellular vesicles, and is localized to their surface [14]. Specifically, the syndecan-syntenin-ALIX complex regulates the biogenesis of exosomes [50]. Since this process is regulated by heparin-sulphate, it has been proved that HPSE modulated the syndecan-syntenin-ALIX pathway resulting in enhanced endosomal intraluminal budding and biogenesis of exosomes [51].…”

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Heparanase: A Multitasking Protein Involved in Extarcellular Matrix (ECM) Remodeling and Cellular Signaling

Masola¹,

Bellin²,

Gambaro³

et al. 2018

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Heparanase (HPSE) has been defined as a multitasking protein that exhibits a peculiar enzymatic activity towards HS chains but which simultaneously performs other non-enzymatic functions.Through its enzymatic activity, HPSE catalyzes the cutting of the side chains of heparan sulfate (HS) proteoglycans, thus contributing to the remodeling of the extracellular matrix and of the basal membranes. Furthermore, thanks to this activity, HPSE also promotes the release and diffusion of various HS-linked molecules as growth factors, cytokines and enzymes. In addition to being an enzyme HPSE has been shown to possess the ability to trigger different signaling pathways by interacting with transmembrane proteins. In normal tissue and in physiological conditions, HPSE exhibits only low levels of expression restricted only to keratinocytes, trophoblast, platelets and mast cells and leukocytes. On the contrary, in pathological conditions, such as in tumor progression and metastasis, inflammation and fibrosis, it is overexpressed. With this brief review, we intend to provide an update on current knowledge about the different role of HPSE protein exerted by its enzymatic and not-enzymatic activity.Preprints (www.preprints.org) | NOT PEER-REVIEWED | Posted:

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Green Infrastructure Finance

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Analysis on the perceived occurrence of challenges delaying the delivery of water infrastructure assets in South Africa

Analysis on the perceived occurrence of challenges delaying the delivery of water infrastructure assets in South Africa

Can green infrastructure help to conserve biodiversity?

Heparanase: A Multitasking Protein Involved in Extarcellular Matrix (ECM) Remodeling and Cellular Signaling

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