دور السندات الخضراء في تمويل البنية التحتية في نيجيريا منذ عام 2017

Abstract

Green Bonds are one of the most prominent non-traditional financing tools, which have been used since 2007.They are mainly used to finance environmentally friendly projects, and they can help finance infrastructure projects that developing countries have difficulty financing, especially in countries where the economy is declining.Infrastructure sectors, including Nigeria, have begun to benefit from green bond returns to finance their infrastructure projects.The problem of this research was that despite the Nigeria has diversified its financing tools for infrastructure, and used green bonds to finance infrastructure projects, but this has not been reflected in the improvement of Nigerian infrastructure.The research relied on the descriptive analytical method, to reach its results.The results showed an increase in green bond issuances globally since the World Bank issued the first standard green bond in 2008, until the total value of its issuances reached $290 billion in 2020.At the level of Nigeria, green bonds have contributed to the establishment and development of several projects in different sectors of its infrastructure, such as the energy sectors, by adding solar energy plants, adding environmentally friendly means of transportation, increasing the size of irrigated agricultural lands, and also improving the structure of several other sectors, such as : The education and health sectors, and the projects funded by the proceeds of Nigerian green bond issues reduced carbon dioxide emissions by a total of 41,888 metric tons for the year 2019, and also contributed to the creation of job opportunities, by 45,200 jobs, and their impact extended to nearly 4 million Nigerian citizens