Infrastructure projects lure investors to innovative finance schemes

OBSF is an accounting practice that structures certain assets or liabilities of governments or corporations so they don't appear on the balance sheet, therefore creating some financial breathing space.

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A growing number of institutional investors are shifting to innovative off-balance-sheet financing (OBSF) schemes in East Africa, a regional lender said, lured by the rising appetite for infrastructure project funds by governments in the bloc.

OBSF is an accounting practice that structures certain assets or liabilities of governments or corporations so they don't appear on the balance sheet, therefore creating some financial breathing space.

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