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Local governments continue to divert infrastructure funding for land buybacks

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The land buyback scheme continues to chip away at local government infrastructure spending. ICYDK: In late 2024, authorities authorized local governments to use special-purpose bonds (SPBs) to buy back idle land from developers and local government financing vehicles (LGFVs), in a bid to support the...