Sharmila
@sharmilachavaly.bsky.social
Mostly infrastructure, PPPs, climate finance
https://sharmila.substack.com
https://sharmila.substack.com
How trust is often eroded in critical infrastructure initiatives
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When Infrastructure Projects get a Bad Rap
Backlash instead of buy-in
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April 6, 2025 at 5:19 AM
How trust is often eroded in critical infrastructure initiatives
sharmila.substack.com/p/when-infra...
sharmila.substack.com/p/when-infra...
How to create freight-specific electric corridors
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How to create freight-specific electric corridors
Tackling emissions around Nava Sheva & Chennai Ports
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February 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
How to create freight-specific electric corridors
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Designing infrastructure like transportation networks isn’t simply solving technical puzzles — it determines how communities interact long into the future.This requires evaluation conducted with the same rigour as structural integrity or environmental protection
www.ft.com/content/62fc...
www.ft.com/content/62fc...
Lessons from ancient India on post-conflict reconstruction
Peace engineering is difficult to measure but critical to do
www.ft.com
January 27, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Designing infrastructure like transportation networks isn’t simply solving technical puzzles — it determines how communities interact long into the future.This requires evaluation conducted with the same rigour as structural integrity or environmental protection
www.ft.com/content/62fc...
www.ft.com/content/62fc...
Nigeria's plan to resume oil production in one of the most environmentally devastated parts of the oil-rich Niger Delta after a three-decade halt ignites criticism from campaign and community groups
www.ft.com/content/39ef...
www.ft.com/content/39ef...
‘Blood in the oil’: Nigeria’s delta drilling plan sparks fury
Environmental groups rally against effort to revive Ogoniland production over legacy of destruction and violence
www.ft.com
January 27, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Nigeria's plan to resume oil production in one of the most environmentally devastated parts of the oil-rich Niger Delta after a three-decade halt ignites criticism from campaign and community groups
www.ft.com/content/39ef...
www.ft.com/content/39ef...
The economics of commercial insurance underwriting arrangements are cracking: as data collation & analysis sophistication grows, the ability to pinpoint risk increases so much that the original risk-pooling concept of insurance is pushed to breaking point
www.ft.com/content/cad0...
www.ft.com/content/cad0...
Climate catastrophes call for state intervention on insurance
More public-private partnerships are the only viable model for a decent society
www.ft.com
January 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
The economics of commercial insurance underwriting arrangements are cracking: as data collation & analysis sophistication grows, the ability to pinpoint risk increases so much that the original risk-pooling concept of insurance is pushed to breaking point
www.ft.com/content/cad0...
www.ft.com/content/cad0...