e-Learning course on Railway Financing
This Railway Financing Online Course aims to provide an easy comprehensible overview of railway financing methods and engagement with the private sector. The three modules of the course thoroughly explain the difference between funding and financing, the funding gap and how it can be addressed, financing types and financial instruments, and the role of risk and risk mitigation. These issues are explained using examples from the railway sector with links to more detailed readings on key topics.
The course should be particularly useful to railways or those supporting railways seeking to attract private sector financing to understand the policy actions needed to prepare railways for private sector financing as well as the mechanism that railways can use to attract this financing.
What you'll learn
- This e-learning course focuses on encouraging private sector financing in the railway sector.
- By the end of the course users will be able to:
- Understand the difference between funding & financing.
- Appreciate the options for closing the funding gap in railway sector.
- Have a basic familiarity with the types of financing (sovereign, corporate and project) and the financing instruments typically used by railways.
- Recognize the role of risk in private sector financing & approaches to mitigate it.
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Length | 3 weeks |
Effort | 3 weeks, 1–2 hours per week |
Starts | On Demand (Start anytime) |
Cost | $5 |
From | WBGx, World Bank Group via edX |
Instructors | OLC and SURR, OLC WBGx |
Download Videos | On all desktop and mobile devices |
Language | English |
Subjects | Business Social Sciences |
Tags | Business & Management Social Sciences |
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Rating | Not enough ratings |
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Length | 3 weeks |
Effort | 3 weeks, 1–2 hours per week |
Starts | On Demand (Start anytime) |
Cost | $5 |
From | WBGx, World Bank Group via edX |
Instructors | OLC and SURR, OLC WBGx |
Download Videos | On all desktop and mobile devices |
Language | English |
Subjects | Business Social Sciences |
Tags | Business & Management Social Sciences |
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