The Changing Role of ECAs and DFIs

ECAs and DFIs have long been a staple of the infrastructure finance, supporting and supplementing commercial lending where appropriate. However, in a slow post crisis economic climate these institutions have become ever more prominent in global energy and infrastructure projects. With this in mind global law firm Baker & McKenzie approached Infrastructure Journal earlier this year to commission a report investigating the extent to which IJ’s data evidenced this trend and what this new paradigm means to market participants.