CGLA's Private Sector and Financing Practice focuses on providing policy advise to private sector companies and banks - both national and foreign - on how to take advantage of local and international conditions to set up (or expand) and finance their operations in Latin America and the Caribbean, either on their own or in public-private partnerships (PPPs). It also focuses on advising governments on how to promote private sector activities, by improving the local business climate and by adopting bold strategies to promote both foreign direct investment and trade. The Practice draws on the full resources of the Centennial Group and is led by Dr. Graciana del Castillo (Bio.) and Mr. Marcilio Marques Moreira. (Bio.)

CGLA offers clients the following products:

• Using the broad political, economic, social and cultural experience in Latin America and the Caribbean, advise domestic and foreign firms on how to enhance and broaden their business opportunities in the various countries of the region; in particular, we shall use our experience in Asia to advise companies from China, India and Japan on investment opportunities and risks in the region;
• Prepare specific studies on tax and legal issues as well as on other comparative advantages of individual countries to advise foreign transnational corporations (TNCs) on where to centralize their operations to lower their operational and fiscal costs and improve their competitiveness;
• Advise TNCs on how to resolve specific problems that they encounter by using our knowledge of local conditions and connections in the region. We can bridge the perspectives of the country policy makers and the business community in a manner that creates win-win situations for both the host country and the international investors;
• Advise local and foreign firms as well as central and local governments and public enterprises on how to participate in public-private partnerships. Use our expertise and connections in the IFIs and elsewhere to facilitate financing;
• Advise local firms on how to redefine their competitive positions to develop an effective export strategy. Help them enter the broader global markets directly or through strategic partnerships;
• Help governments, particularly in the smaller countries, to formulate rigorous, consistent and bold strategies to promote foreign direct investment and trade.