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We Need Stronger Local Capital Markets to Finance Sustainable Development

Created Apr 19 2014, 9:37 AM by Joshua Gallo
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World Bank feature story (LINK) leading the way to the second City Creditworthiness Academy in a few days.

  • The challenge now is how to get the institutional investor to buy up local government securities.  By now a discussion with institutional investors on the merits of buying up local government issuances should have been made.


    Most investment professionals are focused on corporate and national government issuances. I think it is about time to train professionals who will focus on local government issuances.  The sustainability of the this endeavor hinges on the availability of investment professionals who can focus on these deals.

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