Abstract
Bankability refers to the ability of a project to raise finance. It is the evaluation of the viability of specific infrastructure projects and the risks involved with them. It is the responsibility of investors (i.e., international commercial banks) to assess the value and risks of an infrastructure project, its bankability, and then provide the capital to fund the project. The bankability of an infrastructure project is determined at a much earlier phase of project life. When assessing the bankability of a project, investors are concerned with the overall costs, timelines, parties involved, return on the investment, and any other factors that would make up the risk profile.
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Lessambo, F.I. (2022). Bankability. In: International Project Finance. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96390-3_4
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