While Louisiana had an established Oil Spill Contingency Fund (the "Fund") dating back to the early 1990s, the Fund's financial reserves alone proved to be inadequate to cover the costs for many governmental activities. The suspected sources of this shortfall are varied and include: (1) a ...
The government designed the strategy; set up an agency to manage the project, fund marketing, and monitor progress; and collaborated closely with the private sector. Major infrastructure improvements were a key part of the plan. These included the liberalisation ...
to developers and state housing boards to trigger new affordable units and slum redevelopment ——Create flexible affordable housing solutions with 30 percent rentals and 5 to 10 percent dormitories ——Create a national mortgage guarantee fund to spur lend...
the company is developing local production. A $30 million joint investment with the agribusiness bank Rabobank is providing subsidies to farmers in Vietnam and Indonesia to buy cows, improve facilities, and fund the installation of biogas units. It will also help train farmers to improve yields...