Notes

1  This information has been sourced from Dealogic's database. The Dealogic infrastructure sector group includes the following sectors: Airports, Bridges, Defence, Education, Govt Buildings, Hospital, Other, Police, Port, Rail Infrastructure, Road, Telecom, Tunnel, Urban Railways (including Light Rail and Mass Rail transit), Waste and Water & Sewerage. We have also included information on the Energy/Power sectors, including renewable sources, in the data. The financing type includes project finance, privatization, and acquisition finance as well as refinancing.

2  Allison 2009.

3  Bowman 2009.

4  Du Chenne 2010.

5  InfraNews 2010.

6  IRS, "Tax Exempt Bonds, Forms, Publications and Training Materials." Available at http://www.irs.gov/taxexemptbond/ article/0,,id=132043,00.html (accessed February 2010).

7  IRS 2009. This notice is available at http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=206037,00.html.

8  Analysis is from Thomson Reuters, Global Public Finance database (accessed November 13, 2009).