Deals ranged from cost-saving refundings representing turnaround stories for issuers once in distress, to alternative energy financing projects to a host of innovative public-private and public-public partnerships.
We must hope that foreign investors will build upon this assurance to develop manufacturing plants, alternative energy production and agro-industrial businesses.
Despite being an advanced energy state, it has been ranked last in addressing environmental issues and alternative energy consumption, and 47th in carbon footprint.
Coordination efforts ranged from stimulating international trade; tourism; agricultural development; alternative energy usage, wildlife conservation and fish farming.