Financing The Theun-Hinboun Hydroelectric Project
How does a public-private venture emerge in one of the worlds poorest countries (Laos) and how does it obtain $280 million in financing for a 215 MW hydroelectric facility to supply power not to the host country, but its neighbor? At the time of the project, Laos had no domestic capital market, and commercial lenders and equity investors believed the country too politically and economically risky. As a result, Laos had almost no foreign direct investment and had never entered into a public-private venture for energy infrastructure.
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Authored by Henry Lee.
Published by HKS.
