In this class, we will consider the optimal choice of project vs. corporate finance in an emerging (or rather frontier) market setting.

 

Powerpoint file: Permissible.ppt

 

 

 

Assignment Sheet
Emerging Markets Finance
Darden Graduate School of Business
Spring First Half 2002

Class #3, Thursday, January 24, 2002

Topic: Project vs. Corporate Finance

Case: The Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project (A), HBS #202-032.

File: chadpipe.xls

Project Financing: An Economic Overview, UVA-F-1035.

Assignment Questions:

1.      How are the sponsors financing this deal?  How does the financing of the Field System differ from the financing of the Export System?

2.      What is the World Bank/IFC’s role in this deal?  Are they likely to be successful?

3.      Analyze the risks and returns to Chad, Cameroon, and the Private Sponsors?  How were the returns calculated?  Are the risks and returns fair from each party’s perspective?

4.      Will the Revenue Management Plan work?  Are there aspects of the plan that you think should be changed?

5.      Would you approve the deal as a World Bank/IFC board member?

Note: Integrated oil-field development and pipeline companies have asset betas ranging from 0.40 to 0.60.  You can assume the equity risk premium is 6%.