S. Africa Looks to Green Infrastructure Bond to Spur Growth (1)

摘要

South Africa’s government is considering selling a green infrastructure bond worth tens of billions of rand as partof its biggest drive ever to kickstart private investment in projects ranging from energy to water reticulation.The proposed instrument is one of several mechanisms the country could use to raise finance for projects worth asmuch as 1.5 trillion rand ($86 billion) over the next decade, said Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, head of the South Africanpresidency’s investment and infrastructure office.