A new evaluation of Norwegian private sector tools hails the success of the Norwegian risk capital fund Norfund and its role in establishing SN Power.

However, it fails to address the lack of a scheme for financing infrastructure in Africa, where Norwegian publicly-owned companies do not necessarily have an ownership interest.

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