PED-209: Management, Finance, and Regulation of Public Infrastructure in Developing Countries

Semester: Spring

Credit: 1.0

Faculty: Henry Lee

Schedule

Day Time Location
First Day
Meet Day HKS
Review

Description

This course will explore efforts to manage, finance, and regulate the transportation, telecommunication, water, sanitation, and energy infrastructure systems in developing countries. Issues to be discussed include public-private partnerships, the fundamentals of project finance, contract and discretionary regulation, and managing the political context in which infrastructure decisions are made. The course will rely on case material taken from infrastructure programs in developing countries, including Brazil, Mexico, Thailand, Laos, Argentina, Chile, Lesotho, Uganda, Madagascar, and India, as well as some developed countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia.