PPP & Procurement · 1 min read
PPP transaction advisory: the diligence questions bidders never ask
Most bid documents get the technical scope right. Almost none of them surface the operational failure modes that show up…
Field notes
Insights
Short essays from active engagements — honest, specific, sometimes inconvenient.
Urban Development · 2 min read
What a Green City Action Plan is actually for
GCAPs get commissioned, published, and shelved on a predictable three-year cycle. The plans that survive share one uncomfortable trait: they…
Climate Budgeting · 1 min read
The line between a climate budget and a climate brochure
Cities are converging on the format pioneered by Oslo. Most of what you read describing this work is brochure. Here…
Solid Waste · 2 min read
Why most municipal SWM tariffs collapse on day 91
A pattern from Phnom Penh, Bhubaneswar and Pokhara: tariff models survive their political launch but fail their first quarterly cost…