This e-learning course focuses on encouraging private sector financing in the railway sector.

By the end of the course users will be able to:

• Understand the difference between funding & financing.
• Appreciate the options for closing the funding gap in railway sector.
• Have a basic familiarity with the types of financing (sovereign, corporate and project) and the financing instruments typically used by railways.
• Recognize the role of risk in private sector financing & approaches to mitigate it.