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<br />001431 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />and its human capital. Better technological and social infrastructure play an important role in . <br />facilitating growth. Establishing inceptives for private sector. participation, such as increased <br />insurance for larger-scale private investments in infrastructure, enabling better and lower cost <br />sharing of information and coordination of business activity, and facilitating the exchange of <br />innovations are all critical to long-term infrastructure growth. <br /> <br />Physical Infrastructure - Investing in What Connects Us Together <br /> <br />Building on what Mexico has already begun, we need to work together to accelerate the <br />development of high priority infrastructure projects. Given projected population growth and <br />associated demands for municipal services, Mexico will look to attract investment to smaller <br />infrastructure projects in more isolated areas as well as in the large-scale undertakings already on <br />the drawing board. One of the Partnership's long-term goals is to craft a comprehensive <br />approach to project fmance, using the resources of IDA, ExIm, and OPIC financing, Mexican <br />financial institutions such as NAFINand the Banco Nacional de Obras y Servicios PUblicos, <br />S.N.C. (BANOBRAS). Long-term success will be measured in part by the ability to attract <br />private sector infrastructure investment in key sectors such as transportation, electric power, and <br />telecommunications. <br /> <br />. Th.e Partnership supports enhanced U.S.-Mexican cooperation to identify critical Mexican <br />.. infrastructure needs in such areaS. as airports, roads, ports and customs facilities to expedite <br />trade so that productivity gains are not . lost on the road to the market. TDA will work to <br />encourage private sector participation in those projects. <br /> <br />. . IDA will fund orientation visits to promote Mexican infrastructure projects to U.S. <br />companies and to facilitate the exchange of information and technical expertise. For <br />example, . opportunities for U.S. information technology companies to get involved in <br />Mexico's "e-Mexico" system to expand Mexico's internet infrastructure. <br /> <br />. TDA will fund feasibility studies for priority infrastructure projects developed by the private <br />sector or the government; For example, TDA will fund a feasibility study for the public- <br />private Operadora Estatal de Aeropuertos S.A. to plan an air cargo facility in Puebla. <br /> <br />. . TDA also may support feasibility studies to expand the Ports of Vera cruz, and Dos Bocasin <br />the State of Tabasco; expand Intermodal Mexico, S.A.'s terminal network; plan Aeropuertos <br />y Servicios Auxiliares (ASA) priority airport infrastructure projects; support PEMEX <br />cogeneration facilities; and develop alternative. energy projects. <br /> <br />. In order to.build information technology connectivity and promote investment by the private <br />sector, the Government of Mexico will follow through on telecommunications reform in a <br />way that promotes competition and facilitates further investment. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Human Capital- A Vital Ingredient <br /> <br />The human ingredient is vital to the Partnership's goals. We hope to fmd better ways to teach <br />business, entrepreneurial and managerial skills. We will use creative tools to disseminate these <br />skills, particularly in the countryside. Our goal is to distribute opportunity more widely. <br /> <br />7 <br />