The document discusses how governments can encourage private investment for sustainable development through policy measures. It identifies key areas for investment such as infrastructure, agriculture, extractive industries, and social sectors. The governments' role is to reduce sovereign risk and implement policies that make investments in these areas attractive to private investors through measures related to areas like energy, transport, water systems, rural credit, climate insurance, and coordination between public and private sectors. References are provided on mobilizing private investment and transforming development finance.

1. Private Investment for Post-
2015 Sustainable
Development
María Jiménez de Aguilar

2. Source: Financing for Development Post-2015, WBG Paper, Oct 2013.

6. The sovereign risk is measured by Ratings Agencies as Moodys and
Standars & Poors. They focus their analysis in these critical points
which governments have to control:

7. The governments could act in these critical points with policy
measures. For instance, these are some, but not the only ones:

8. Infraestructure – Comprised energy investments, transport
and water.
Agriculture and food systems. There is often a need for
complementary investments in transport, rural credit
systems, climate risk insurance, and for streamlined
mechanisms to coordinate public and private sector activity.
Extractive industries.
Social sector investments, such as in health services and
education.
The service sector of the real economy, including the
financial sector.

9. Concerning investment categories, these are policy measures to make:

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Finance, WBG, joint with IMF and MDBs, Apr 2015.
(Pages 12-17)
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Sustainable Development, By Homi Kharas and John
McArthur, Brookings Institute, Briefing Note, Jul
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Harnessing All Resources to End Poverty, Development
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