Spending on land buybacks crowded out infrastructure investment in 2025
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Large volumes of local government debt were used to finance last year’s unproductive land buyback scheme – at the expense of infrastructure investment. ICYDK: In late 2024, authorities greenlit the issuance of “land reserve” special purpose bonds (SPBs) to finance local governments’ acquisition of i...