Abu Dhabi: The Arab Monetary Fund issues a policy brief, challenges and options for financing infrastructure in the Arab countries. Libya Al-Salam newspaper

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The levels of access to basic public services in a number of Arab countries are still below the levels of growing demand

The high needs for financing infrastructure in a number of Arab countries poses challenges related to securing appropriate additional resources to increase public investment and meet the requirements of comprehensive and sustainable development.

In light of the challenges of financing infrastructure in the Arab countries, there is a need to adopt an approach that balances the requirements of increasing capital expenditure and ensuring financial sustainability.

Mobilizing domestic resources is one of the options available to Arab countries to create appropriate financial space to finance public investments and meet the requirements for developing and increasing infrastructure assets.

There is a need to rearrange spending priorities away from less productive forms of spending and improve spending efficiency in order to achieve savings allocated to increase public investments in growth-enhancing infrastructure.

Developing local financing markets by developing long-term bond markets and creating Sharia-compliant financial products that represent an important dimension in directing local savings to finance infrastructure projects

Opening new horizons to enhance the participation of the private sector in financing infrastructure, depending on the ability to reduce the risks associated with partnership projects and raise the return on investment.

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