"Financing Local Infrastructure – Linking Local Governments and Financial Markets" addresses capacity development needs from both a public finance and a financial market perspective. Its purpose is to help partners, their advisors, local governments and financial institutions to explore the ways and the means by which local infrastructure can be financed.

This handbook presents a guide to a better understanding and assessment of framework conditions. It will enable more informed decisions to be made in terms of developing and supporting financing options for local services and infrastructure provision involving the local financial sector.