This case is in the area of project finance and provides a statistical overview of the project-financed investments in the last five years. It consists of four sections. The first section defines project finance and contrasts it with other known structures of funding. The second section describes the evolution of project finance from its beginnings in the natural resources in the 1970s in the American power industry in the 1980s and to a much wider range of industrial applications and geographic locations in the 1990s and 2000s. The third section provides a statistical overview of the project funded by the investment over the past five years (1998-2002) in terms of industry, projects, and data members. The final section discusses the current and possible future trends. In addition to providing an overview of recent trends, the note terms and institutional details for readers unfamiliar with project financing. "Hide
by Benjamin C. Esty, Irina Christ 27 pages. Publication Date: April 4, 2002. Prod. #: 202105-PDF-ENG
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