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Foreword | p. ix |
Acknowledgments | p. xi |
About the Authors | p. xiii |
Abbreviations and Acronyms | p. xv |
Executive Summary | p. xix |
Introduction and Objective | p. 1 |
The Role of Demographics | p. 2 |
The Role of Decentralization | p. 5 |
The Role of Financial Liberalization | p. 6 |
Objective of this Review of Experience | p. 7 |
Trends and Structure of Urban Infrastructure Funds (UIFs) | p. 9 |
Composition of UIFs by Sector Board over Time | p. 10 |
Long-Term Trends in the Volume of UIF Lending | p. 11 |
Performance of UIFs | p. 17 |
UIF Design: Options for Intermediation Strategy | p. 21 |
Learning from Experience in Project Design | p. 31 |
Transplanting the Line of Credit Model in Sub-Saharan Africa | p. 31 |
South Asia: Adapting the Credit Model | p. 36 |
Rethinking Support for Local Infrastructure Investment: Municipal Grants and Social Funds | p. 37 |
Supporting Municipal Infrastructure Investment in Centralized Systems | p. 43 |
Commercial Banks and the Development of Sustainable Municipal Credit Systems | p. 46 |
Agenda for Future Work | p. 51 |
Conclusions | p. 63 |
Methodology for Selecting and Identifying Urban Infrastructure Funds Financed by the World Bank | p. 69 |
List of UIFs Reviewed | p. 75 |
List of Currencies Available for Swaps from IBRD Loans as of January 3, 2008 | p. 83 |
References | p. 85 |
Index | p. 89 |
Boxes | |
A Model of Market-Oriented Reform: Credit Local de France | p. 24 |
Monitoring Municipal Financial Market Development: The Czech Republic | p. 58 |
Figures | |
Urban versus Rural Population Growth Worldwide through 2030 | p. 3 |
World Urban Population Growth through 2030: Low- and Middle-Income versus High-Income Countries | p. 3 |
Distribution of World Urban Population Growth through 2015 by City Size | p. 4 |
Selected Mega Cities' Growth Rates through 2010 | p. 5 |
UIF Commitments by Region and Sector Board | p. 10 |
UIF Commitments by Country | p. 10 |
Annual UIF Commitments by Sector Board | p. 11 |
Trends in Total Urban Infrastructure Fund Lending-Annual Averages | p. 11 |
Trends in Annual Average Urban Infrastructure Fund Lending by Infrastructure and Non-infrastructure Sector Boards | p. 12 |
Trends in Annual Average Project Size | p. 13 |
UIF Lending Projects | p. 14 |
UIF Grant Projects | p. 14 |
Outcome Ratings for UIFs | p. 18 |
Selected Outcome Ratings for UIFs by Sector Board | p. 18 |
Disbursements as a Percentage of Commitments for UIFs | p. 19 |
Loan Recoveries in UIFs: Reporting and Repayment Rates by Institutional Arrangement | p. 20 |
Loan Financing versus Grant Financing of Subprojects by Sector Board | p. 27 |
Development Objective: Development of Municipal Credit Market by Sector Board | p. 28 |
Development Objective: Development of Municipal Credit Market over Time | p. 28 |
World Bank Project Approvals: FY1971-FY2006 | p. 70 |
Tables | |
UIFs by Region | p. 7 |
Financial Intermediation versus Poverty-Oriented Grants | p. 27 |
Municipal On-Lending Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa | p. 33 |
Municipal Grants and Infrastructure Programs | p. 40 |
UIF Projects by Region | p. 72 |
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