
Could public land unlock private investment: Green infrastructure?
Investments in green infrastructure may provide a nation with a variety of financial benefits, including job creation, economic growth, the promotion of sustainable enterprises, and increased resilience to natural disasters and other disturbances. But achieving this goal requires money, and in developing countries, in particular, public investment on its own is rarely sufficient. Private finance is also required, but many of the economic incentives used by governments elsewhere are becoming less and less sustainable. But there is a resource that many governments could wish to exploit to fill their infrastructure finance gap: land.… Read more