How to finance urban infrastructure? C40 Cities Finance Facility

27 March 2019

City governments around the world are struggling to finance urgently needed urban infrastructure. This Explainer helps them to understand the range of options they have, to raise the resources to finance their infrastructure projects and to fund their operation and maintenance.

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